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#45AFFE

#45affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#45affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.83% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 205.62°, with 98.93% saturation and 63.33% 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 8.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.89.

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Relative luminance0.3908

Complementary

  1. #45affe
  2. #fe9445

Split complementary

  1. #45affe
  2. #fe4552
  3. #fef045

Analogous

  1. #45fef0
  2. #45affe
  3. #4552fe

Triadic

  1. #45affe
  2. #fe45af
  3. #affe45

Tetradic

  1. #45affe
  2. #9445fe
  3. #fe9445
  4. #affe45

Square

  1. #45affe
  2. #f045fe
  3. #fe9445
  4. #52fe45

Monochromatic

  1. #0161a9
  2. #018df5
  3. #45affe
  4. #91d0fe
  5. #ddf0ff

Shades

#45affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #45affe
  2. #3e9ee5
  3. #378ccb
  4. #307bb2
  5. #296998
  6. #23587f
  7. #1c4666
  8. #15354c
  9. #0e2333
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#45affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #45affe
  2. #58b7fe
  3. #6abffe
  4. #7dc7fe
  5. #8fcffe
  6. #a2d7ff
  7. #b5dfff
  8. #c7e7ff
  9. #daefff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#45affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #45affe
  2. #4baaf1
  3. #51a6e5
  4. #57a1d8
  5. #5d9ccc
  6. #6398bf
  7. #6893b2
  8. #6e8ea6
  9. #748999
  10. #7a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.82:1 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-45affe {
  color: #45affe;
}
Background
.bg-45affe {
  background-color: #45affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-45affe {
  border: 2px solid #45affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #45affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 99% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-45affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #45affe, #4552fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-45affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.26 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.72 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.56 #ba5001 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#45affe  rgb(69, 175, 254)  hsl(206, 99%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#fe9445  rgb(254, 148, 69)  hsl(26, 99%, 63%)  Cadmium Orange
#fe45af  rgb(254, 69, 175)  hsl(326, 99%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#affe45  rgb(175, 254, 69)  hsl(86, 99%, 63%)  Green Yellow