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#119FDD

#119fdd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#119fdd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 62.35% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.31% cyan, 28.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.24°, with 85.71% saturation and 46.67% 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 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3014

Complementary

  1. #119fdd
  2. #dd4f11

Split complementary

  1. #119fdd
  2. #dd1139
  3. #ddb511

Analogous

  1. #11ddb5
  2. #119fdd
  3. #1139dd

Triadic

  1. #119fdd
  2. #dd119f
  3. #9fdd11

Tetradic

  1. #119fdd
  2. #4f11dd
  3. #dd4f11
  4. #9fdd11

Square

  1. #119fdd
  2. #b511dd
  3. #dd4f11
  4. #39dd11

Monochromatic

  1. #06394f
  2. #0c6c96
  3. #119fdd
  4. #49bef1
  5. #91d7f6

Shades

#119fdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #119fdd
  2. #0f8fc7
  3. #0e7fb1
  4. #0c6f9b
  5. #0a5f85
  6. #09506f
  7. #074058
  8. #053042
  9. #03202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#119fdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #119fdd
  2. #29a9e0
  3. #41b2e4
  4. #58bce7
  5. #70c5eb
  6. #88cfee
  7. #a0d9f1
  8. #b8e2f5
  9. #cfecf8
  10. #e7f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#119fdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #119fdd
  2. #1c9cd4
  3. #2799ca
  4. #3296c1
  5. #3d93b8
  6. #4990af
  7. #548ca5
  8. #5f899c
  9. #6a8693
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7799b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809fe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678edc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669fdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5295dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-119fdd {
  color: #119fdd;
}
Background
.bg-119fdd {
  background-color: #119fdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-119fdd {
  border: 2px solid #119fdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #119fdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 159 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 86% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-119fdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #119fdd, #1139dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-119fdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 159 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.02 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.51 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.02 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.65 #ee6022 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#119fdd  rgb(17, 159, 221)  hsl(198, 86%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#dd4f11  rgb(221, 79, 17)  hsl(18, 86%, 47%)  Flame
#dd119f  rgb(221, 17, 159)  hsl(318, 86%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fdd11  rgb(159, 221, 17)  hsl(78, 86%, 47%)  Yellow Green