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#149FD6

#149fd6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149fd6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 62.35% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.65% cyan, 25.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 197.01°, with 82.91% saturation and 45.88% 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 6.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.57.

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Relative luminance0.298

Complementary

  1. #149fd6
  2. #d64b14

Split complementary

  1. #149fd6
  2. #d6143e
  3. #d6ac14

Analogous

  1. #14d6ac
  2. #149fd6
  3. #143ed6

Triadic

  1. #149fd6
  2. #d6149f
  3. #9fd614

Tetradic

  1. #149fd6
  2. #4b14d6
  3. #d64b14
  4. #9fd614

Square

  1. #149fd6
  2. #ac14d6
  3. #d64b14
  4. #3ed614

Monochromatic

  1. #07374a
  2. #0d6b90
  3. #149fd6
  4. #49bfee
  5. #8ed8f4

Shades

#149fd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149fd6
  2. #128fc1
  3. #107fab
  4. #0e6f96
  5. #0c5f80
  6. #0a506b
  7. #084056
  8. #063040
  9. #04202b
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#149fd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149fd6
  2. #2ca9da
  3. #43b2de
  4. #5bbce2
  5. #72c5e6
  6. #8acfeb
  7. #a1d9ef
  8. #b9e2f3
  9. #d0ecf7
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149fd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149fd6
  2. #1f9ccd
  3. #2a99c5
  4. #3496bc
  5. #3f93b4
  6. #4a90ab
  7. #558ca2
  8. #60899a
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839ed9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b8dd5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689ed8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5595d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149fd6 {
  color: #149fd6;
}
Background
.bg-149fd6 {
  background-color: #149fd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149fd6 {
  border: 2px solid #149fd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149fd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 159 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 83% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149fd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149fd6, #143ed6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149fd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 159 214 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.57 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.17 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.53 #eb6029 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149fd6  rgb(20, 159, 214)  hsl(197, 83%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#d64b14  rgb(214, 75, 20)  hsl(17, 83%, 46%)  Sinopia
#d6149f  rgb(214, 20, 159)  hsl(317, 83%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fd614  rgb(159, 214, 20)  hsl(77, 83%, 46%)  Yellow Green