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#669DBD

#669dbd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669dbd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 61.57% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.03% cyan, 16.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 202.07°, with 39.73% 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 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.38.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3061

Complementary

  1. #669dbd
  2. #bd8666

Split complementary

  1. #669dbd
  2. #bd6671
  3. #bdb266

Analogous

  1. #66bdb2
  2. #669dbd
  3. #6671bd

Triadic

  1. #669dbd
  2. #bd669d
  3. #9dbd66

Tetradic

  1. #669dbd
  2. #8666bd
  3. #bd8666
  4. #9dbd66

Square

  1. #669dbd
  2. #b266bd
  3. #bd8666
  4. #71bd66

Monochromatic

  1. #2a4c60
  2. #417796
  3. #669dbd
  4. #9bbfd4
  5. #d1e1eb

Shades

#669dbd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669dbd
  2. #5c8daa
  3. #527e97
  4. #476e84
  5. #3d5e71
  6. #334f5f
  7. #293f4c
  8. #1f2f39
  9. #141f26
  10. #0a1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#669dbd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669dbd
  2. #75a7c4
  3. #85b1ca
  4. #94bad1
  5. #a3c4d7
  6. #b3cede
  7. #c2d8e5
  8. #d1e2eb
  9. #e0ebf2
  10. #f0f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669dbd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669dbd
  2. #699ab7
  3. #6b97b1
  4. #6e94ab
  5. #7091a5
  6. #738f9f
  7. #768c98
  8. #788992
  9. #7b868c
  10. #7d8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8699a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e9cbf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8292bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3fa5a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #809cbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7897bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #51a2b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669dbd {
  color: #669dbd;
}
Background
.bg-669dbd {
  background-color: #669dbd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669dbd {
  border: 2px solid #669dbd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669dbd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 157 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 40% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669dbd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669dbd, #6671bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669dbd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 157 189 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.88 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.34 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.28 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.86 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.19 #996242 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#669dbd  rgb(102, 157, 189)  hsl(202, 40%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#bd8666  rgb(189, 134, 102)  hsl(22, 40%, 57%)  Cafe au Lait
#bd669d  rgb(189, 102, 157)  hsl(322, 40%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#9dbd66  rgb(157, 189, 102)  hsl(82, 40%, 57%)  Olivine