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#119CD6

#119cd6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#119cd6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 61.18% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.06% cyan, 27.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 197.66°, with 85.28% saturation and 45.29% 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 6.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2875

Complementary

  1. #119cd6
  2. #d64b11

Split complementary

  1. #119cd6
  2. #d6113a
  3. #d6ad11

Analogous

  1. #11d6ad
  2. #119cd6
  3. #113ad6

Triadic

  1. #119cd6
  2. #d6119c
  3. #9cd611

Tetradic

  1. #119cd6
  2. #4b11d6
  3. #d64b11
  4. #9cd611

Square

  1. #119cd6
  2. #ad11d6
  3. #d64b11
  4. #3ad611

Monochromatic

  1. #063548
  2. #0b688f
  3. #119cd6
  4. #43bdf0
  5. #8ad6f6

Shades

#119cd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #119cd6
  2. #0f8cc1
  3. #0e7dab
  4. #0c6d96
  5. #0a5e80
  6. #094e6b
  7. #073e56
  8. #052f40
  9. #031f2b
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#119cd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #119cd6
  2. #29a6da
  3. #41b0de
  4. #58bae2
  5. #70c4e6
  6. #88ceeb
  7. #a0d7ef
  8. #b8e1f3
  9. #cfebf7
  10. #e7f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#119cd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #119cd6
  2. #1c99cd
  3. #2796c5
  4. #3294bc
  5. #3d91b4
  6. #498eab
  7. #548ba2
  8. #5f889a
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7496b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9bd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678bd5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659cd8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5192d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-119cd6 {
  color: #119cd6;
}
Background
.bg-119cd6 {
  background-color: #119cd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-119cd6 {
  border: 2px solid #119cd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #119cd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 156 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 85% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-119cd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #119cd6, #113ad6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-119cd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 156 214 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.43 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.00 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.94 #ee6329 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#119cd6  rgb(17, 156, 214)  hsl(198, 85%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d64b11  rgb(214, 75, 17)  hsl(18, 85%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d6119c  rgb(214, 17, 156)  hsl(318, 85%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cd611  rgb(156, 214, 17)  hsl(78, 85%, 45%)  Yellow Green