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#6599BC

#6599bc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6599bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.28% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 204.14°, with 39.37% saturation and 56.67% 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 6.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.07.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2918

Complementary

  1. #6599bc
  2. #bc8865

Split complementary

  1. #6599bc
  2. #bc656e
  3. #bcb465

Analogous

  1. #65bcb4
  2. #6599bc
  3. #656ebc

Triadic

  1. #6599bc
  2. #bc6599
  3. #99bc65

Tetradic

  1. #6599bc
  2. #8865bc
  3. #bc8865
  4. #99bc65

Square

  1. #6599bc
  2. #b465bc
  3. #bc8865
  4. #6ebc65

Monochromatic

  1. #29495f
  2. #407294
  3. #6599bc
  4. #9abcd3
  5. #d0e0ea

Shades

#6599bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6599bc
  2. #5b8aa9
  3. #517a96
  4. #476b84
  5. #3d5c71
  6. #334d5e
  7. #283d4b
  8. #1e2e38
  9. #141f26
  10. #0a0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6599bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6599bc
  2. #74a3c3
  3. #84adc9
  4. #93b8d0
  5. #a3c2d7
  6. #b2ccde
  7. #c1d6e4
  8. #d1e0eb
  9. #e0ebf2
  10. #f0f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6599bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6599bc
  2. #6897b6
  3. #6a94b0
  4. #6d92aa
  5. #708fa4
  6. #738d9e
  7. #758a98
  8. #788892
  9. #7b858c
  10. #7d8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8395a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8998be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e8fbb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3fa2a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c99bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7593bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #519eae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6599bc {
  color: #6599bc;
}
Background
.bg-6599bc {
  background-color: #6599bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6599bc {
  border: 2px solid #6599bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6599bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 39% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6599bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6599bc, #656ebc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6599bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.85 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.11 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.18 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.69 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.09 #9a6643 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#6599bc  rgb(101, 153, 188)  hsl(204, 39%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#bc8865  rgb(188, 136, 101)  hsl(24, 39%, 57%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc6599  rgb(188, 101, 153)  hsl(324, 39%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#99bc65  rgb(153, 188, 101)  hsl(84, 39%, 57%)  Olivine