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#149FDC

#149fdc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149fdc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.91% cyan, 27.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 198.3°, with 83.33% saturation and 47.06% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.01.

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Relative luminance0.3011

Complementary

  1. #149fdc
  2. #dc5114

Split complementary

  1. #149fdc
  2. #dc143b
  3. #dcb514

Analogous

  1. #14dcb5
  2. #149fdc
  3. #143bdc

Triadic

  1. #149fdc
  2. #dc149f
  3. #9fdc14

Tetradic

  1. #149fdc
  2. #5114dc
  3. #dc5114
  4. #9fdc14

Square

  1. #149fdc
  2. #b514dc
  3. #dc5114
  4. #3bdc14

Monochromatic

  1. #073a50
  2. #0e6c96
  3. #149fdc
  4. #4ebeef
  5. #94d8f5

Shades

#149fdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149fdc
  2. #128fc6
  3. #107fb0
  4. #0e6f9a
  5. #0c5f84
  6. #0a506e
  7. #084058
  8. #063042
  9. #04202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#149fdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149fdc
  2. #2ca9e0
  3. #43b2e3
  4. #5bbce7
  5. #72c5ea
  6. #8acfee
  7. #a1d9f1
  8. #b9e2f5
  9. #d0ecf8
  10. #e8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149fdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149fdc
  2. #1f9cd3
  3. #2a99ca
  4. #3496c0
  5. #3f93b7
  6. #4a90ae
  7. #558ca5
  8. #60899c
  9. #6a8692
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7799b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819fdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688edb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679fde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5395db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149fdc {
  color: #149fdc;
}
Background
.bg-149fdc {
  background-color: #149fdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149fdc {
  border: 2px solid #149fdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149fdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 159 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149fdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149fdc, #143bdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149fdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 159 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.50 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.46 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.46 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.76 #eb6023 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149fdc  rgb(20, 159, 220)  hsl(198, 83%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#dc5114  rgb(220, 81, 20)  hsl(18, 83%, 47%)  Flame
#dc149f  rgb(220, 20, 159)  hsl(318, 83%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fdc14  rgb(159, 220, 20)  hsl(78, 83%, 47%)  Yellow Green