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#6496BF

#6496bf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6496bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.22% red, 58.82% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.64% cyan, 21.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 207.03°, with 41.55% saturation and 57.06% 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 6.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.27.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2828

Complementary

  1. #6496bf
  2. #bf8d64

Split complementary

  1. #6496bf
  2. #bf6469
  3. #bfba64

Analogous

  1. #64bfba
  2. #6496bf
  3. #6469bf

Triadic

  1. #6496bf
  2. #bf6496
  3. #96bf64

Tetradic

  1. #6496bf
  2. #8d64bf
  3. #bf8d64
  4. #96bf64

Square

  1. #6496bf
  2. #ba64bf
  3. #bf8d64
  4. #69bf64

Monochromatic

  1. #284862
  2. #3f7098
  3. #6496bf
  4. #9abbd5
  5. #d0dfec

Shades

#6496bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6496bf
  2. #5a87ac
  3. #507899
  4. #466986
  5. #3c5a73
  6. #324b60
  7. #283c4c
  8. #1e2d39
  9. #141e26
  10. #0a0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6496bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6496bf
  2. #74a1c5
  3. #83abcc
  4. #93b6d2
  5. #a2c0d9
  6. #b2cbdf
  7. #c1d5e5
  8. #d1e0ec
  9. #e0eaf2
  10. #f0f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6496bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6496bf
  2. #6794b9
  3. #6a92b2
  4. #6c8fac
  5. #6f8da6
  6. #728ba0
  7. #758999
  8. #788793
  9. #7a848d
  10. #7d8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8193a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8596c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #798dbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3ba0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7996c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7191bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4e9caf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6496bf {
  color: #6496bf;
}
Background
.bg-6496bf {
  background-color: #6496bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6496bf {
  border: 2px solid #6496bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6496bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 100 150 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 42% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6496bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6496bf, #6469bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6496bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(100 150 191 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.05 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.13 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.25 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.34 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.92 #9b6940 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#6496bf  rgb(100, 150, 191)  hsl(207, 42%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#bf8d64  rgb(191, 141, 100)  hsl(27, 42%, 57%)  Camel
#bf6496  rgb(191, 100, 150)  hsl(327, 42%, 57%)  Mulberry
#96bf64  rgb(150, 191, 100)  hsl(87, 42%, 57%)  Pistachio