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#6499BC

#6499bc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6499bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.22% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.81% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 203.86°, with 39.64% 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 6.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.04.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2912

Complementary

  1. #6499bc
  2. #bc8764

Split complementary

  1. #6499bc
  2. #bc646d
  3. #bcb364

Analogous

  1. #64bcb3
  2. #6499bc
  3. #646dbc

Triadic

  1. #6499bc
  2. #bc6499
  3. #99bc64

Tetradic

  1. #6499bc
  2. #8764bc
  3. #bc8764
  4. #99bc64

Square

  1. #6499bc
  2. #b364bc
  3. #bc8764
  4. #6dbc64

Monochromatic

  1. #29495e
  2. #407294
  3. #6499bc
  4. #99bcd3
  5. #cfdfea

Shades

#6499bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6499bc
  2. #5a8aa9
  3. #507a96
  4. #466b84
  5. #3c5c71
  6. #324d5e
  7. #283d4b
  8. #1e2e38
  9. #141f26
  10. #0a0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6499bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6499bc
  2. #74a3c3
  3. #83adc9
  4. #93b8d0
  5. #a2c2d7
  6. #b2ccde
  7. #c1d6e4
  8. #d1e0eb
  9. #e0ebf2
  10. #f0f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6499bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6499bc
  2. #6797b6
  3. #6a94b0
  4. #6c92aa
  5. #6f8fa4
  6. #728d9e
  7. #758a98
  8. #788892
  9. #7a858c
  10. #7d8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8395a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8998be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d8fbb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3ca2a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c99bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7493bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4f9eae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6499bc {
  color: #6499bc;
}
Background
.bg-6499bc {
  background-color: #6499bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6499bc {
  border: 2px solid #6499bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6499bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 100 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 40% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6499bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6499bc, #646dbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6499bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(100 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.94 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.33 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.86 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.16 #9b6643 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#6499bc  rgb(100, 153, 188)  hsl(204, 40%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#bc8764  rgb(188, 135, 100)  hsl(24, 40%, 56%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc6499  rgb(188, 100, 153)  hsl(324, 40%, 56%)  Sky Magenta
#99bc64  rgb(153, 188, 100)  hsl(84, 40%, 56%)  Olivine