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#6997BA

#6997ba ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6997ba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 59.22% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.55% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 205.93°, with 36.99% 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 6.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.78.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2868

Complementary

  1. #6997ba
  2. #ba8c69

Split complementary

  1. #6997ba
  2. #ba696e
  3. #bab569

Analogous

  1. #69bab5
  2. #6997ba
  3. #696eba

Triadic

  1. #6997ba
  2. #ba6997
  3. #97ba69

Tetradic

  1. #6997ba
  2. #8c69ba
  3. #ba8c69
  4. #97ba69

Square

  1. #6997ba
  2. #b569ba
  3. #ba8c69
  4. #6eba69

Monochromatic

  1. #2b485f
  2. #447193
  3. #6997ba
  4. #9dbbd2
  5. #d2e0ea

Shades

#6997ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6997ba
  2. #5f88a7
  3. #547995
  4. #4a6a82
  5. #3f5b70
  6. #354c5d
  7. #2a3c4a
  8. #202d38
  9. #151e25
  10. #0b0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6997ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6997ba
  2. #78a1c1
  3. #87acc8
  4. #96b6cf
  5. #a5c1d6
  6. #b4cbdd
  7. #c3d5e3
  8. #d2e0ea
  9. #e1eaf1
  10. #f0f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6997ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6997ba
  2. #6b95b4
  3. #6e92ae
  4. #7090a9
  5. #728ea3
  6. #758c9d
  7. #778997
  8. #798791
  9. #7b858c
  10. #7e8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8394a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8897bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d8eb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #49a0a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d97bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7692ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #579cac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6997ba {
  color: #6997ba;
}
Background
.bg-6997ba {
  background-color: #6997ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6997ba {
  border: 2px solid #6997ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6997ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 151 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 37% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6997ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6997ba, #696eba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6997ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 151 186 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.78 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.07 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.32 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.80 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.62 #966845 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#6997ba  rgb(105, 151, 186)  hsl(206, 37%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ba8c69  rgb(186, 140, 105)  hsl(26, 37%, 57%)  Cafe au Lait
#ba6997  rgb(186, 105, 151)  hsl(326, 37%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#97ba69  rgb(151, 186, 105)  hsl(86, 37%, 57%)  Olivine