All About Color Carolina Blue

#56A0D3

Carolina Blue is a vibrant, light blue color, resembling the color of the Carolina sky. It's a fresh and calming color, ideal for creating a serene and peaceful ambiance.

About Carolina Blue

Carolina Blue is a medium blue color with the hex code #56A0D3. In RGB it is red 86, green 160, blue 211; in HSL it is hue 204°, saturation 59%, lightness 58%; in CMYK it is 59%, 24%, 0%, 17%. Its contrast ratio is 2.85:1 on white and 7.36:1 on black.

#56A0D3 Color Conversion

Hex triplet56, A0, D3
CMYK59.24%, 24.17%, 0.00%, 17.25%
RGB Decimal86, 160, 211
HSL204°, 59%, 58%
RGB Octal126, 240, 323
HSV (HSB)204.48°, 59.24%, 82.75%
RGB Binary1010110, 10100000, 11010011
CIE-L*AB63.20, -8.01, -32.96
RGB Percent33.73%, 62.75%, 82.75%
CIE-L*CH63.20, 33.92, 256.33
XYZ28.17, 31.82, 66.29
CIE-L*UV63.20, -31.12, -50.69
xyY0.22, 0.25, 31.82
Hunter-Lab56.41, -9.60, -30.18
RYB33.73%, 51.95%, 82.75%

Color Accessibility Scores

#56A0D3 on a dark background: contrast 7.36:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#56A0D3 on a light background: contrast 2.85:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Carolina Blue, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Carolina Blue. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#56A0D3 · #9EC9E6 · #2A72A2 · #D38755 · #E6BB9E

Analogous palette

#55D387 · #55D3C6 · #56A0D3 · #5561D3 · #8755D3

Triadic palette

#56A0D3 · #D355A1 · #A1D355 · #9EC9E6 · #E69EC9

Tetradic palette

#56A0D3 · #C655D3 · #D38755 · #61D355 · #2A72A2

Monochromatic palette

#1D5072 · #2D7BAE · #56A0D3 · #92C2E3 · #CEE4F2

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