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#669CBE

#669cbe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669cbe 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 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.32% cyan, 17.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 203.18°, with 40.37% saturation and 57.25% 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 3.89.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3032

Complementary

  1. #669cbe
  2. #be8866

Split complementary

  1. #669cbe
  2. #be6670
  3. #beb466

Analogous

  1. #66beb4
  2. #669cbe
  3. #6670be

Triadic

  1. #669cbe
  2. #be669c
  3. #9cbe66

Tetradic

  1. #669cbe
  2. #8866be
  3. #be8866
  4. #9cbe66

Square

  1. #669cbe
  2. #b466be
  3. #be8866
  4. #70be66

Monochromatic

  1. #294c62
  2. #407697
  3. #669cbe
  4. #9cbfd5
  5. #d1e1ec

Shades

#669cbe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669cbe
  2. #5c8cab
  3. #527d98
  4. #476d85
  5. #3d5e72
  6. #334e5f
  7. #293e4c
  8. #1f2f39
  9. #141f26
  10. #0a1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#669cbe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669cbe
  2. #75a6c5
  3. #85b0cb
  4. #94bad2
  5. #a3c4d8
  6. #b3cedf
  7. #c2d7e5
  8. #d1e1ec
  9. #e0ebf2
  10. #f0f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669cbe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669cbe
  2. #6999b8
  3. #6b96b2
  4. #6e94ab
  5. #7091a5
  6. #738e9f
  7. #768b99
  8. #788893
  9. #7b868c
  10. #7d8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8598a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9bc0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8091bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3fa5a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f9bbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7796be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #51a1b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669cbe {
  color: #669cbe;
}
Background
.bg-669cbe {
  background-color: #669cbe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669cbe {
  border: 2px solid #669cbe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669cbe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 156 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 40% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669cbe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669cbe, #6670be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669cbe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 156 190 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.46 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.97 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.34 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.65 #996341 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#669cbe  rgb(102, 156, 190)  hsl(203, 40%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#be8866  rgb(190, 136, 102)  hsl(23, 40%, 57%)  Raw Sienna
#be669c  rgb(190, 102, 156)  hsl(323, 40%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#9cbe66  rgb(156, 190, 102)  hsl(83, 40%, 57%)  Olivine