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#609EC0

#609ec0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#609ec0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.65% red, 61.96% green and 75.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50% cyan, 17.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 201.25°, with 43.24% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3075

Complementary

  1. #609ec0
  2. #c08260

Split complementary

  1. #609ec0
  2. #c0606e
  3. #c0b260

Analogous

  1. #60c0b2
  2. #609ec0
  3. #606ec0

Triadic

  1. #609ec0
  2. #c0609e
  3. #9ec060

Tetradic

  1. #609ec0
  2. #8260c0
  3. #c08260
  4. #9ec060

Square

  1. #609ec0
  2. #b260c0
  3. #c08260
  4. #6ec060

Monochromatic

  1. #264c61
  2. #3c7797
  3. #609ec0
  4. #97bfd6
  5. #cee1eb

Shades

#609ec0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #609ec0
  2. #568ead
  3. #4d7e9a
  4. #436f86
  5. #3a5f73
  6. #304f60
  7. #263f4d
  8. #1d2f3a
  9. #132026
  10. #0a1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#609ec0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #609ec0
  2. #70a8c6
  3. #80b1cd
  4. #90bbd3
  5. #a0c5d9
  6. #b0cfe0
  7. #bfd8e6
  8. #cfe2ec
  9. #dfecf2
  10. #eff5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#609ec0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #609ec0
  2. #639bba
  3. #6698b3
  4. #6a95ad
  5. #6d92a6
  6. #708fa0
  7. #738c9a
  8. #768993
  9. #7a868d
  10. #7d8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849aa9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e9cc2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8092bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2da7a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e9dc1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7597c0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #47a4b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-609ec0 {
  color: #609ec0;
}
Background
.bg-609ec0 {
  background-color: #609ec0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-609ec0 {
  border: 2px solid #609ec0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #609ec0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 96 158 192;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 43% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-609ec0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #609ec0, #606ec0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-609ec0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(96 158 192 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.99 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.45 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.03 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.77 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.68 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.39 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.84 #9f613f Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#609ec0  rgb(96, 158, 192)  hsl(201, 43%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#c08260  rgb(192, 130, 96)  hsl(21, 43%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#c0609e  rgb(192, 96, 158)  hsl(321, 43%, 56%)  Mulberry
#9ec060  rgb(158, 192, 96)  hsl(81, 43%, 56%)  Pistachio