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#60A0CD

#60a0cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#60a0cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.65% red, 62.75% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.17% cyan, 21.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 204.77°, with 52.15% saturation and 59.02% 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 7.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.31.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3204

Complementary

  1. #60a0cd
  2. #cd8d60

Split complementary

  1. #60a0cd
  2. #cd606a
  3. #cdc360

Analogous

  1. #60cdc3
  2. #60a0cd
  3. #606acd

Triadic

  1. #60a0cd
  2. #cd60a0
  3. #a0cd60

Tetradic

  1. #60a0cd
  2. #8d60cd
  3. #cd8d60
  4. #a0cd60

Square

  1. #60a0cd
  2. #c360cd
  3. #cd8d60
  4. #6acd60

Monochromatic

  1. #235171
  2. #367aab
  3. #60a0cd
  4. #9ac3df
  5. #d4e6f2

Shades

#60a0cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #60a0cd
  2. #5690b9
  3. #4d80a4
  4. #437090
  5. #3a607b
  6. #305067
  7. #264052
  8. #1d303e
  9. #132029
  10. #0a1015
  11. #000000

Tints

#60a0cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #60a0cd
  2. #70aad2
  3. #80b3d7
  4. #90bddc
  5. #a0c6e1
  6. #b0d0e6
  7. #bfd9eb
  8. #cfe3f0
  9. #dfecf5
  10. #eff6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#60a0cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #60a0cd
  2. #639dc5
  3. #669abe
  4. #6a96b6
  5. #6d93ae
  6. #7090a7
  7. #738d9f
  8. #768a97
  9. #7a868f
  10. #7d8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #869cb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca0cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d94cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1babaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7da0ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7399cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #41a7bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-60a0cd {
  color: #60a0cd;
}
Background
.bg-60a0cd {
  background-color: #60a0cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-60a0cd {
  border: 2px solid #60a0cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #60a0cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 96 160 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 52% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-60a0cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #60a0cd, #606acd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-60a0cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(96 160 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 2.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.11 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.81 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.96 #9f5f32 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#60a0cd  rgb(96, 160, 205)  hsl(205, 52%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#cd8d60  rgb(205, 141, 96)  hsl(25, 52%, 59%)  Raw Sienna
#cd60a0  rgb(205, 96, 160)  hsl(325, 52%, 59%)  Sky Magenta
#a0cd60  rgb(160, 205, 96)  hsl(85, 52%, 59%)  Yellow Green