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#669DCB

#669dcb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669dcb 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 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.75% cyan, 22.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 207.33°, with 49.27% saturation and 59.8% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.66.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3125

Complementary

  1. #669dcb
  2. #cb9466

Split complementary

  1. #669dcb
  2. #cb666a
  3. #cbc766

Analogous

  1. #66cbc7
  2. #669dcb
  3. #666acb

Triadic

  1. #669dcb
  2. #cb669d
  3. #9dcb66

Tetradic

  1. #669dcb
  2. #9466cb
  3. #cb9466
  4. #9dcb66

Square

  1. #669dcb
  2. #c766cb
  3. #cb9466
  4. #6acb66

Monochromatic

  1. #274f71
  2. #3a77ab
  3. #669dcb
  4. #9fc2de
  5. #d8e6f2

Shades

#669dcb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669dcb
  2. #5c8db7
  3. #527ea2
  4. #476e8e
  5. #3d5e7a
  6. #334f66
  7. #293f51
  8. #1f2f3d
  9. #141f29
  10. #0a1014
  11. #000000

Tints

#669dcb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669dcb
  2. #75a7d0
  3. #85b1d5
  4. #94badb
  5. #a3c4e0
  6. #b3cee5
  7. #c2d8ea
  8. #d1e2ef
  9. #e0ebf5
  10. #f0f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669dcb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669dcb
  2. #699ac4
  3. #6b97bc
  4. #6e94b5
  5. #7091ad
  6. #738fa6
  7. #768c9e
  8. #788997
  9. #7b868f
  10. #7d8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #879aaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a9ecd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c93ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #34a8ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d9dcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7497ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4da4b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669dcb {
  color: #669dcb;
}
Background
.bg-669dcb {
  background-color: #669dcb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669dcb {
  border: 2px solid #669dcb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669dcb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 157 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 49% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669dcb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669dcb, #666acb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669dcb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 157 203 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 2.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.37 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.70 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.94 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.39 #996234 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#669dcb  rgb(102, 157, 203)  hsl(207, 49%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#cb9466  rgb(203, 148, 102)  hsl(27, 49%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#cb669d  rgb(203, 102, 157)  hsl(327, 49%, 60%)  Sky Magenta
#9dcb66  rgb(157, 203, 102)  hsl(87, 49%, 60%)  Pistachio