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#44AFFE

#44affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#44affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.23% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 205.48°, with 98.94% saturation and 63.14% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.89.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3904

Complementary

  1. #44affe
  2. #fe9344

Split complementary

  1. #44affe
  2. #fe4452
  3. #fef044

Analogous

  1. #44fef0
  2. #44affe
  3. #4452fe

Triadic

  1. #44affe
  2. #fe44af
  3. #affe44

Tetradic

  1. #44affe
  2. #9344fe
  3. #fe9344
  4. #affe44

Square

  1. #44affe
  2. #f044fe
  3. #fe9344
  4. #52fe44

Monochromatic

  1. #0161a8
  2. #018df4
  3. #44affe
  4. #90d0fe
  5. #dcf0ff

Shades

#44affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #44affe
  2. #3d9ee5
  3. #368ccb
  4. #307bb2
  5. #296998
  6. #22587f
  7. #1b4666
  8. #14354c
  9. #0e2333
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#44affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #44affe
  2. #57b7fe
  3. #69bffe
  4. #7cc7fe
  5. #8fcffe
  6. #a2d7ff
  7. #b4dfff
  8. #c7e7ff
  9. #daefff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#44affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #44affe
  2. #4aaaf1
  3. #50a6e5
  4. #56a1d8
  5. #5c9ccc
  6. #6298bf
  7. #6893b2
  8. #6e8ea6
  9. #748999
  10. #7a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8babd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #71a0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #62a6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-44affe {
  color: #44affe;
}
Background
.bg-44affe {
  background-color: #44affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-44affe {
  border: 2px solid #44affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #44affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 99% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-44affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #44affe, #4452fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-44affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.30 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.76 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.61 #bb5001 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#44affe  rgb(68, 175, 254)  hsl(205, 99%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#fe9344  rgb(254, 147, 68)  hsl(25, 99%, 63%)  Cadmium Orange
#fe44af  rgb(254, 68, 175)  hsl(325, 99%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#affe44  rgb(175, 254, 68)  hsl(85, 99%, 63%)  Green Yellow