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#119CDC

#119cdc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#119cdc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.27% cyan, 29.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 198.92°, with 85.65% 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 6.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.05.

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Relative luminance0.2906

Complementary

  1. #119cdc
  2. #dc5111

Split complementary

  1. #119cdc
  2. #dc1136
  3. #dcb711

Analogous

  1. #11dcb7
  2. #119cdc
  3. #1136dc

Triadic

  1. #119cdc
  2. #dc119c
  3. #9cdc11

Tetradic

  1. #119cdc
  2. #5111dc
  3. #dc5111
  4. #9cdc11

Square

  1. #119cdc
  2. #b711dc
  3. #dc5111
  4. #36dc11

Monochromatic

  1. #06374e
  2. #0c6a95
  3. #119cdc
  4. #49bcf1
  5. #90d6f6

Shades

#119cdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #119cdc
  2. #0f8cc6
  3. #0e7db0
  4. #0c6d9a
  5. #0a5e84
  6. #094e6e
  7. #073e58
  8. #052f42
  9. #031f2c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#119cdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #119cdc
  2. #29a6e0
  3. #41b0e3
  4. #58bae7
  5. #70c4ea
  6. #88ceee
  7. #a0d7f1
  8. #b8e1f5
  9. #cfebf8
  10. #e7f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#119cdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #119cdc
  2. #1c99d3
  3. #2796ca
  4. #3294c0
  5. #3d91b7
  6. #498eae
  7. #548ba5
  8. #5f889c
  9. #6a8692
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7597b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9cdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #638bdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639cde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f92db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-119cdc {
  color: #119cdc;
}
Background
.bg-119cdc {
  background-color: #119cdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-119cdc {
  border: 2px solid #119cdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #119cdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 156 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-119cdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #119cdc, #1136dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-119cdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 156 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.68 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.36 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.73 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.29 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.45 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.91 #ee6323 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#119cdc  rgb(17, 156, 220)  hsl(199, 86%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#dc5111  rgb(220, 81, 17)  hsl(19, 86%, 46%)  Flame
#dc119c  rgb(220, 17, 156)  hsl(319, 86%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cdc11  rgb(156, 220, 17)  hsl(79, 86%, 46%)  Yellow Green