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#119FED

#119fed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#119fed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.83% cyan, 32.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 201.27°, with 86.61% saturation and 49.8% 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 7.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.08.

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Relative luminance0.3103

Complementary

  1. #119fed
  2. #ed5f11

Split complementary

  1. #119fed
  2. #ed1131
  3. #edcd11

Analogous

  1. #11edcd
  2. #119fed
  3. #1131ed

Triadic

  1. #119fed
  2. #ed119f
  3. #9fed11

Tetradic

  1. #119fed
  2. #5f11ed
  3. #ed5f11
  4. #9fed11

Square

  1. #119fed
  2. #cd11ed
  3. #ed5f11
  4. #31ed11

Monochromatic

  1. #073f5e
  2. #0c6fa6
  3. #119fed
  4. #57bcf3
  5. #9fd8f8

Shades

#119fed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #119fed
  2. #0f8fd5
  3. #0e7fbe
  4. #0c6fa6
  5. #0a5f8e
  6. #095077
  7. #07405f
  8. #053047
  9. #03202f
  10. #021018
  11. #000000

Tints

#119fed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #119fed
  2. #29a9ef
  3. #41b2f1
  4. #58bcf2
  5. #70c5f4
  6. #88cff6
  7. #a0d9f8
  8. #b8e2fa
  9. #cfecfb
  10. #e7f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#119fed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #119fed
  2. #1c9ce2
  3. #2799d7
  4. #3296cc
  5. #3d93c1
  6. #4990b7
  7. #548cac
  8. #5f89a1
  9. #6a8696
  10. #75838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789ac0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a1f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c8fec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4996ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-119fed {
  color: #119fed;
}
Background
.bg-119fed {
  background-color: #119fed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-119fed {
  border: 2px solid #119fed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #119fed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 159 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-119fed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #119fed, #1131ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-119fed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 159 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.01 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.03 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.20 #ee6012 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#119fed  rgb(17, 159, 237)  hsl(201, 87%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ed5f11  rgb(237, 95, 17)  hsl(21, 87%, 50%)  Persimmon
#ed119f  rgb(237, 17, 159)  hsl(321, 87%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#9fed11  rgb(159, 237, 17)  hsl(81, 87%, 50%)  Spring Bud