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#5997BA

#5997ba ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5997ba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 59.22% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.15% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 201.65°, with 41.28% 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 6.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.61.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.278

Complementary

  1. #5997ba
  2. #ba7c59

Split complementary

  1. #5997ba
  2. #ba5966
  3. #baad59

Analogous

  1. #59baad
  2. #5997ba
  3. #5966ba

Triadic

  1. #5997ba
  2. #ba5997
  3. #97ba59

Tetradic

  1. #5997ba
  2. #7c59ba
  3. #ba7c59
  4. #97ba59

Square

  1. #5997ba
  2. #ad59ba
  3. #ba7c59
  4. #66ba59

Monochromatic

  1. #244456
  2. #3a6f8c
  3. #5997ba
  4. #8fb9d0
  5. #c5dbe7

Shades

#5997ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5997ba
  2. #5088a7
  3. #477995
  4. #3e6a82
  5. #355b70
  6. #2d4c5d
  7. #243c4a
  8. #1b2d38
  9. #121e25
  10. #090f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5997ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5997ba
  2. #6aa1c1
  3. #7aacc8
  4. #8bb6cf
  5. #9bc1d6
  6. #accbdd
  7. #bdd5e3
  8. #cde0ea
  9. #deeaf1
  10. #eef5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5997ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5997ba
  2. #5d95b4
  3. #6192ae
  4. #6590a9
  5. #698ea3
  6. #6d8c9d
  7. #708997
  8. #748791
  9. #78858c
  10. #7c8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d93a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8796bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #798bb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1fa0a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7796bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e90ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3e9dac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5997ba {
  color: #5997ba;
}
Background
.bg-5997ba {
  background-color: #5997ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5997ba {
  border: 2px solid #5997ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5997ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 151 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 41% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5997ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5997ba, #5966ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5997ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 151 186 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.61 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.41 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.54 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.85 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.75 #a66845 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5997ba  rgb(89, 151, 186)  hsl(202, 41%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ba7c59  rgb(186, 124, 89)  hsl(22, 41%, 54%)  Cafe au Lait
#ba5997  rgb(186, 89, 151)  hsl(322, 41%, 54%)  Mulberry
#97ba59  rgb(151, 186, 89)  hsl(82, 41%, 54%)  Olivine