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#449ECA

#449eca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449eca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 61.96% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.34% cyan, 21.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 199.7°, with 55.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 6.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2995

Complementary

  1. #449eca
  2. #ca7044

Split complementary

  1. #449eca
  2. #ca445b
  3. #cab344

Analogous

  1. #44cab3
  2. #449eca
  3. #445bca

Triadic

  1. #449eca
  2. #ca449e
  3. #9eca44

Tetradic

  1. #449eca
  2. #7044ca
  3. #ca7044
  4. #9eca44

Square

  1. #449eca
  2. #b344ca
  3. #ca7044
  4. #5bca44

Monochromatic

  1. #1a465b
  2. #2b7397
  3. #449eca
  4. #80bddb
  5. #bbdcec

Shades

#449eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449eca
  2. #3d8eb6
  3. #367ea2
  4. #306f8d
  5. #295f79
  6. #224f65
  7. #1b3f51
  8. #142f3d
  9. #0e2028
  10. #071014
  11. #000000

Tints

#449eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449eca
  2. #57a8cf
  3. #69b1d5
  4. #7cbbda
  5. #8fc5df
  6. #a2cfe5
  7. #b4d8ea
  8. #c7e2ef
  9. #daecf4
  10. #ecf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449eca
  2. #4a9bc3
  3. #5098bb
  4. #5695b4
  5. #5c92ac
  6. #628fa5
  7. #688c9e
  8. #6e8996
  9. #74868f
  10. #7a8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c99ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889ccc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #768fc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #739dcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6695ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449eca {
  color: #449eca;
}
Background
.bg-449eca {
  background-color: #449eca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449eca {
  border: 2px solid #449eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 158 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 56% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449eca, #445bca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 158 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.37 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.64 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.73 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.99 #bb6135 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449eca  rgb(68, 158, 202)  hsl(200, 56%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ca7044  rgb(202, 112, 68)  hsl(20, 56%, 53%)  Chocolate
#ca449e  rgb(202, 68, 158)  hsl(320, 56%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9eca44  rgb(158, 202, 68)  hsl(80, 56%, 53%)  Yellow Green