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#149FD0

#149fd0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#149fd0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 62.35% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.38% cyan, 23.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 195.64°, with 82.46% saturation and 44.71% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.48.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.295

Complementary

  1. #149fd0
  2. #d04514

Split complementary

  1. #149fd0
  2. #d01441
  3. #d0a314

Analogous

  1. #14d0a3
  2. #149fd0
  3. #1441d0

Triadic

  1. #149fd0
  2. #d0149f
  3. #9fd014

Tetradic

  1. #149fd0
  2. #4514d0
  3. #d04514
  4. #9fd014

Square

  1. #149fd0
  2. #a314d0
  3. #d04514
  4. #41d014

Monochromatic

  1. #073444
  2. #0d6a8a
  3. #149fd0
  4. #44c1ed
  5. #89d8f4

Shades

#149fd0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149fd0
  2. #128fbb
  3. #107fa6
  4. #0e6f92
  5. #0c5f7d
  6. #0a5068
  7. #084053
  8. #06303e
  9. #04202a
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#149fd0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149fd0
  2. #2ca9d5
  3. #43b2d9
  4. #5bbcde
  5. #72c5e3
  6. #8acfe8
  7. #a1d9ec
  8. #b9e2f1
  9. #d0ecf6
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149fd0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149fd0
  2. #1f9cc8
  3. #2a99c0
  4. #3496b8
  5. #3f93b0
  6. #4a90a8
  7. #558ca0
  8. #608998
  9. #6a8690
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7698af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #869dd2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8dcf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9ed1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5894d0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149fd0 {
  color: #149fd0;
}
Background
.bg-149fd0 {
  background-color: #149fd0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149fd0 {
  border: 2px solid #149fd0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149fd0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 159 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 82% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149fd0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149fd0, #1441d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149fd0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 159 208 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.48 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.95 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.47 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.42 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.48 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.44 #eb602f Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149fd0  rgb(20, 159, 208)  hsl(196, 82%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d04514  rgb(208, 69, 20)  hsl(16, 82%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d0149f  rgb(208, 20, 159)  hsl(316, 82%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fd014  rgb(159, 208, 20)  hsl(76, 82%, 45%)  Yellow Green