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#109EDD

#109edd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#109edd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.27% red, 61.96% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.76% cyan, 28.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.44°, with 86.5% saturation and 46.47% 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.

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Relative luminance0.2978

Complementary

  1. #109edd
  2. #dd4f10

Split complementary

  1. #109edd
  2. #dd1037
  3. #ddb610

Analogous

  1. #10ddb6
  2. #109edd
  3. #1037dd

Triadic

  1. #109edd
  2. #dd109e
  3. #9edd10

Tetradic

  1. #109edd
  2. #4f10dd
  3. #dd4f10
  4. #9edd10

Square

  1. #109edd
  2. #b610dd
  3. #dd4f10
  4. #37dd10

Monochromatic

  1. #06384e
  2. #0b6b96
  3. #109edd
  4. #48bdf2
  5. #8fd7f7

Shades

#109edd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #109edd
  2. #0e8ec7
  3. #0d7eb1
  4. #0b6f9b
  5. #0a5f85
  6. #084f6f
  7. #063f58
  8. #052f42
  9. #03202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#109edd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #109edd
  2. #28a8e0
  3. #40b1e4
  4. #58bbe7
  5. #70c5eb
  6. #88cfee
  7. #9fd8f1
  8. #b7e2f5
  9. #cfecf8
  10. #e7f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#109edd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #109edd
  2. #1b9bd4
  3. #2698ca
  4. #3295c1
  5. #3d92b8
  6. #488faf
  7. #538ca5
  8. #5e899c
  9. #6a8693
  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 #7698b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ee0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658ddc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659edf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5094dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-109edd {
  color: #109edd;
}
Background
.bg-109edd {
  background-color: #109edd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-109edd {
  border: 2px solid #109edd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #109edd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 16 158 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 87% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-109edd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #109edd, #1037dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-109edd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(16 158 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.56 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.00 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.30 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.53 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.80 #ef6122 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#109edd  rgb(16, 158, 221)  hsl(198, 87%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#dd4f10  rgb(221, 79, 16)  hsl(18, 87%, 46%)  Flame
#dd109e  rgb(221, 16, 158)  hsl(318, 87%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9edd10  rgb(158, 221, 16)  hsl(78, 87%, 46%)  Yellow Green