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#669CBD

#669cbd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669cbd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 61.18% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.03% cyan, 17.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 202.76°, with 39.73% saturation and 57.06% 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 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3028

Complementary

  1. #669cbd
  2. #bd8766

Split complementary

  1. #669cbd
  2. #bd6670
  3. #bdb366

Analogous

  1. #66bdb3
  2. #669cbd
  3. #6670bd

Triadic

  1. #669cbd
  2. #bd669c
  3. #9cbd66

Tetradic

  1. #669cbd
  2. #8766bd
  3. #bd8766
  4. #9cbd66

Square

  1. #669cbd
  2. #b366bd
  3. #bd8766
  4. #70bd66

Monochromatic

  1. #2a4c60
  2. #417696
  3. #669cbd
  4. #9bbfd4
  5. #d1e1eb

Shades

#669cbd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669cbd
  2. #5c8caa
  3. #527d97
  4. #476d84
  5. #3d5e71
  6. #334e5f
  7. #293e4c
  8. #1f2f39
  9. #141f26
  10. #0a1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#669cbd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669cbd
  2. #75a6c4
  3. #85b0ca
  4. #94bad1
  5. #a3c4d7
  6. #b3cede
  7. #c2d7e5
  8. #d1e1eb
  9. #e0ebf2
  10. #f0f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669cbd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669cbd
  2. #6999b7
  3. #6b96b1
  4. #6e94ab
  5. #7091a5
  6. #738e9f
  7. #768b98
  8. #788892
  9. #7b868c
  10. #7d8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8598a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9bbf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8191bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3fa5a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f9bbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7796bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #52a1b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669cbd {
  color: #669cbd;
}
Background
.bg-669cbd {
  background-color: #669cbd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669cbd {
  border: 2px solid #669cbd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669cbd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 156 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 40% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669cbd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669cbd, #6670bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669cbd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 156 189 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.87 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.02 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.29 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.46 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.66 #996342 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#669cbd  rgb(102, 156, 189)  hsl(203, 40%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#bd8766  rgb(189, 135, 102)  hsl(23, 40%, 57%)  Cafe au Lait
#bd669c  rgb(189, 102, 156)  hsl(323, 40%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#9cbd66  rgb(156, 189, 102)  hsl(83, 40%, 57%)  Olivine