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#469ECD

#469ecd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#469ecd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 61.96% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.85% cyan, 22.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 200.89°, with 57.45% saturation and 53.92% 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 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.67.

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Relative luminance0.3016

Complementary

  1. #469ecd
  2. #cd7546

Split complementary

  1. #469ecd
  2. #cd465a
  3. #cdb946

Analogous

  1. #46cdb9
  2. #469ecd
  3. #465acd

Triadic

  1. #469ecd
  2. #cd469e
  3. #9ecd46

Tetradic

  1. #469ecd
  2. #7546cd
  3. #cd7546
  4. #9ecd46

Square

  1. #469ecd
  2. #b946cd
  3. #cd7546
  4. #5acd46

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4860
  2. #2a759c
  3. #469ecd
  4. #82bedd
  5. #beddee

Shades

#469ecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #469ecd
  2. #3f8eb9
  3. #387ea4
  4. #316f90
  5. #2a5f7b
  6. #234f67
  7. #1c3f52
  8. #152f3e
  9. #0e2029
  10. #071015
  11. #000000

Tints

#469ecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #469ecd
  2. #59a8d2
  3. #6bb1d7
  4. #7ebbdc
  5. #90c5e1
  6. #a3cfe6
  7. #b5d8eb
  8. #c8e2f0
  9. #daecf5
  10. #edf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#469ecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #469ecd
  2. #4c9bc5
  3. #5298be
  4. #5795b6
  5. #5d92ae
  6. #638fa7
  7. #698c9f
  8. #6f8997
  9. #74868f
  10. #7a8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d99ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #879dcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #758fcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #739dce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6595cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-469ecd {
  color: #469ecd;
}
Background
.bg-469ecd {
  background-color: #469ecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-469ecd {
  border: 2px solid #469ecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #469ecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 158 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 57% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-469ecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #469ecd, #465acd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-469ecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 158 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.08 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.53 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.94 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.44 #b96132 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#469ecd  rgb(70, 158, 205)  hsl(201, 57%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#cd7546  rgb(205, 117, 70)  hsl(21, 57%, 54%)  Chocolate
#cd469e  rgb(205, 70, 158)  hsl(321, 57%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9ecd46  rgb(158, 205, 70)  hsl(81, 57%, 54%)  Yellow Green