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#5FACDB

#5facdb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5facdb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 67.45% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.62% cyan, 21.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 202.74°, with 63.27% saturation and 61.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.74.

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Relative luminance0.3705

Complementary

  1. #5facdb
  2. #db8e5f

Split complementary

  1. #5facdb
  2. #db5f6e
  3. #dbcc5f

Analogous

  1. #5fdbcc
  2. #5facdb
  3. #5f6edb

Triadic

  1. #5facdb
  2. #db5fac
  3. #acdb5f

Tetradic

  1. #5facdb
  2. #8e5fdb
  3. #db8e5f
  4. #acdb5f

Square

  1. #5facdb
  2. #cc5fdb
  3. #db8e5f
  4. #6edb5f

Monochromatic

  1. #1e5d83
  2. #2c89c2
  3. #5facdb
  4. #9dcce9
  5. #dcedf7

Shades

#5facdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5facdb
  2. #569bc5
  3. #4c8aaf
  4. #437899
  5. #396783
  6. #30566e
  7. #264558
  8. #1d3442
  9. #13222c
  10. #0a1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#5facdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5facdb
  2. #6fb4df
  3. #7fbde2
  4. #8fc5e6
  5. #9fcde9
  6. #afd6ed
  7. #bfdef1
  8. #cfe6f4
  9. #dfeef8
  10. #eff7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5facdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5facdb
  2. #62a8d2
  3. #66a3c9
  4. #699fc0
  5. #6c9ab7
  6. #7096ae
  7. #7392a4
  8. #768d9b
  9. #798992
  10. #7d8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8da7bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96abdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #859eda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84abdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78a4db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #36b3c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5facdb {
  color: #5facdb;
}
Background
.bg-5facdb {
  background-color: #5facdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5facdb {
  border: 2px solid #5facdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5facdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 172 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 63% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5facdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5facdb, #5f6edb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5facdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 172 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.79 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.88 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.27 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.10 #a05324 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5facdb  rgb(95, 172, 219)  hsl(203, 63%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#db8e5f  rgb(219, 142, 95)  hsl(23, 63%, 62%)  Raw Sienna
#db5fac  rgb(219, 95, 172)  hsl(323, 63%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#acdb5f  rgb(172, 219, 95)  hsl(83, 63%, 62%)  June Bud