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#119BCD

#119bcd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#119bcd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 60.78% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.71% cyan, 24.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 195.96°, with 84.68% saturation and 43.53% 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 6.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.52.

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Relative luminance0.2797

Complementary

  1. #119bcd
  2. #cd4311

Split complementary

  1. #119bcd
  2. #cd113d
  3. #cda111

Analogous

  1. #11cda1
  2. #119bcd
  3. #113dcd

Triadic

  1. #119bcd
  2. #cd119b
  3. #9bcd11

Tetradic

  1. #119bcd
  2. #4311cd
  3. #cd4311
  4. #9bcd11

Square

  1. #119bcd
  2. #a111cd
  3. #cd4311
  4. #3dcd11

Monochromatic

  1. #053040
  2. #0b6686
  3. #119bcd
  4. #3cbfef
  5. #82d6f5

Shades

#119bcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #119bcd
  2. #0f8cb9
  3. #0e7ca4
  4. #0c6d90
  5. #0a5d7b
  6. #094e67
  7. #073e52
  8. #052f3e
  9. #031f29
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#119bcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #119bcd
  2. #29a5d2
  3. #41afd7
  4. #58b9dc
  5. #70c3e1
  6. #88cde6
  7. #a0d7eb
  8. #b8e1f0
  9. #cfebf5
  10. #e7f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#119bcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #119bcd
  2. #1c98c5
  3. #2796be
  4. #3293b6
  5. #3d90ae
  6. #498ea7
  7. #548b9f
  8. #5f8897
  9. #6a858f
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7395ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8199cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a89cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679ace ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5491cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-119bcd {
  color: #119bcd;
}
Background
.bg-119bcd {
  background-color: #119bcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-119bcd {
  border: 2px solid #119bcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #119bcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 155 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 85% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-119bcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #119bcd, #113dcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-119bcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 155 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.52 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.71 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.77 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.02 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.28 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.60 #ee6432 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#119bcd  rgb(17, 155, 205)  hsl(196, 85%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#cd4311  rgb(205, 67, 17)  hsl(16, 85%, 44%)  Sinopia
#cd119b  rgb(205, 17, 155)  hsl(316, 85%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#9bcd11  rgb(155, 205, 17)  hsl(76, 85%, 44%)  Yellow Green