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#119DDE

#119dde ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#119dde is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 61.57% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.34% cyan, 29.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 199.02°, with 85.77% saturation and 46.86% 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 6.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.95.

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Relative luminance0.2951

Complementary

  1. #119dde
  2. #de5211

Split complementary

  1. #119dde
  2. #de1137
  3. #deb811

Analogous

  1. #11deb8
  2. #119dde
  3. #1137de

Triadic

  1. #119dde
  2. #de119d
  3. #9dde11

Tetradic

  1. #119dde
  2. #5211de
  3. #de5211
  4. #9dde11

Square

  1. #119dde
  2. #b811de
  3. #de5211
  4. #37de11

Monochromatic

  1. #063850
  2. #0c6b97
  3. #119dde
  4. #4abcf1
  5. #91d7f7

Shades

#119dde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #119dde
  2. #0f8dc8
  3. #0e7eb2
  4. #0c6e9b
  5. #0a5e85
  6. #094f6f
  7. #073f59
  8. #052f43
  9. #031f2c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#119dde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #119dde
  2. #29a7e1
  3. #41b1e5
  4. #58bae8
  5. #70c4eb
  6. #88ceef
  7. #a0d8f2
  8. #b8e2f5
  9. #cfebf8
  10. #e7f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#119dde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #119dde
  2. #1c9ad5
  3. #2797cb
  4. #3294c2
  5. #3d91b8
  6. #498faf
  7. #548ca6
  8. #5f899c
  9. #6a8693
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7598b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9de1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #638cdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639de0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f93dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-119dde {
  color: #119dde;
}
Background
.bg-119dde {
  background-color: #119dde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-119dde {
  border: 2px solid #119dde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #119dde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 157 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-119dde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #119dde, #1137de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-119dde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 157 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.73 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.57 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.93 #ee6221 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#119dde  rgb(17, 157, 222)  hsl(199, 86%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#de5211  rgb(222, 82, 17)  hsl(19, 86%, 47%)  Flame
#de119d  rgb(222, 17, 157)  hsl(319, 86%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9dde11  rgb(157, 222, 17)  hsl(79, 86%, 47%)  Yellow Green