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#1192CB

#1192cb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1192cb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 57.25% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.63% cyan, 28.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 198.39°, with 84.55% saturation and 43.14% 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 6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.12.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2499

Complementary

  1. #1192cb
  2. #cb4a11

Split complementary

  1. #1192cb
  2. #cb1135
  3. #cba711

Analogous

  1. #11cba7
  2. #1192cb
  3. #1135cb

Triadic

  1. #1192cb
  2. #cb1192
  3. #92cb11

Tetradic

  1. #1192cb
  2. #4a11cb
  3. #cb4a11
  4. #92cb11

Square

  1. #1192cb
  2. #a711cb
  3. #cb4a11
  4. #35cb11

Monochromatic

  1. #052c3e
  2. #0b5f84
  3. #1192cb
  4. #3ab7ef
  5. #81d1f4

Shades

#1192cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1192cb
  2. #0f83b7
  3. #0e75a2
  4. #0c668e
  5. #0a587a
  6. #094966
  7. #073a51
  8. #052c3d
  9. #031d29
  10. #020f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1192cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1192cb
  2. #299dd0
  3. #41a8d5
  4. #58b3db
  5. #70bee0
  6. #88c9e5
  7. #a0d3ea
  8. #b8deef
  9. #cfe9f5
  10. #e7f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1192cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1192cb
  2. #1c90c4
  3. #278ebc
  4. #328db5
  5. #3d8bad
  6. #4989a6
  7. #54879e
  8. #5f8597
  9. #6a848f
  10. #758288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8da7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7692ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f82ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e92cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b89ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009bb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1192cb {
  color: #1192cb;
}
Background
.bg-1192cb {
  background-color: #1192cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1192cb {
  border: 2px solid #1192cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1192cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 146 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 85% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1192cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1192cb, #1135cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1192cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 146 203 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.12 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.40 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.82 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.98 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.03 #ee6d34 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1192cb  rgb(17, 146, 203)  hsl(198, 85%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#cb4a11  rgb(203, 74, 17)  hsl(18, 85%, 43%)  Sinopia
#cb1192  rgb(203, 17, 146)  hsl(318, 85%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#92cb11  rgb(146, 203, 17)  hsl(78, 85%, 43%)  Yellow Green