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#109DDE

#109dde ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#109dde is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.27% red, 61.57% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.79% cyan, 29.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 198.93°, with 86.55% saturation and 46.67% 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 3.97.

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Relative luminance0.295

Complementary

  1. #109dde
  2. #de5110

Split complementary

  1. #109dde
  2. #de1036
  3. #deb810

Analogous

  1. #10deb8
  2. #109dde
  3. #1036de

Triadic

  1. #109dde
  2. #de109d
  3. #9dde10

Tetradic

  1. #109dde
  2. #5110de
  3. #de5110
  4. #9dde10

Square

  1. #109dde
  2. #b810de
  3. #de5110
  4. #36de10

Monochromatic

  1. #06384f
  2. #0b6b97
  3. #109dde
  4. #49bcf2
  5. #90d7f7

Shades

#109dde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #109dde
  2. #0e8dc8
  3. #0d7eb2
  4. #0b6e9b
  5. #0a5e85
  6. #084f6f
  7. #063f59
  8. #052f43
  9. #031f2c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#109dde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #109dde
  2. #28a7e1
  3. #40b1e5
  4. #58bae8
  5. #70c4eb
  6. #88ceef
  7. #9fd8f2
  8. #b7e2f5
  9. #cfebf8
  10. #e7f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#109dde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #109dde
  2. #1b9ad5
  3. #2697cb
  4. #3294c2
  5. #3d91b8
  6. #488faf
  7. #538ca6
  8. #5e899c
  9. #6a8693
  10. #758389
  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 #7598b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9de1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #638cdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639de0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f93dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-109dde {
  color: #109dde;
}
Background
.bg-109dde {
  background-color: #109dde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-109dde {
  border: 2px solid #109dde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #109dde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 16 157 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 87% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-109dde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #109dde, #1036de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-109dde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(16 157 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.56 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.47 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.75 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.56 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.93 #ef6221 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#109dde  rgb(16, 157, 222)  hsl(199, 87%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#de5110  rgb(222, 81, 16)  hsl(19, 87%, 47%)  Flame
#de109d  rgb(222, 16, 157)  hsl(319, 87%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9dde10  rgb(157, 222, 16)  hsl(79, 87%, 47%)  Yellow Green