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#669DC2

#669dc2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669dc2 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 76.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.42% cyan, 19.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 204.13°, with 42.99% saturation and 58.04% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.14.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3083

Complementary

  1. #669dc2
  2. #c28b66

Split complementary

  1. #669dc2
  2. #c2666f
  3. #c2b966

Analogous

  1. #66c2b9
  2. #669dc2
  3. #666fc2

Triadic

  1. #669dc2
  2. #c2669d
  3. #9dc266

Tetradic

  1. #669dc2
  2. #8b66c2
  3. #c28b66
  4. #9dc266

Square

  1. #669dc2
  2. #b966c2
  3. #c28b66
  4. #6fc266

Monochromatic

  1. #294e66
  2. #3f779d
  3. #669dc2
  4. #9dc0d8
  5. #d3e3ee

Shades

#669dc2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669dc2
  2. #5c8daf
  3. #527e9b
  4. #476e88
  5. #3d5e74
  6. #334f61
  7. #293f4e
  8. #1f2f3a
  9. #141f27
  10. #0a1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#669dc2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669dc2
  2. #75a7c8
  3. #85b1ce
  4. #94bad4
  5. #a3c4da
  6. #b3cee1
  7. #c2d8e7
  8. #d1e2ed
  9. #e0ebf3
  10. #f0f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669dc2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669dc2
  2. #699abb
  3. #6b97b5
  4. #6e94ae
  5. #7091a8
  6. #738fa1
  7. #768c9a
  8. #788994
  9. #7b868d
  10. #7d8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8699aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9cc4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8092c1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3ca6a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f9dc3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7697c2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #50a3b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669dc2 {
  color: #669dc2;
}
Background
.bg-669dc2 {
  background-color: #669dc2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669dc2 {
  border: 2px solid #669dc2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669dc2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 157 194;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 43% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669dc2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669dc2, #666fc2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669dc2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 157 194 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.68 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.43 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.33 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.67 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.44 #99623d Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#669dc2  rgb(102, 157, 194)  hsl(204, 43%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#c28b66  rgb(194, 139, 102)  hsl(24, 43%, 58%)  Raw Sienna
#c2669d  rgb(194, 102, 157)  hsl(324, 43%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#9dc266  rgb(157, 194, 102)  hsl(84, 43%, 58%)  Pistachio