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#11AADE

#11aade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#11aade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 66.67% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.34% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 195.22°, 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.06.

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Relative luminance0.3414

Complementary

  1. #11aade
  2. #de4511

Split complementary

  1. #11aade
  2. #de1143
  3. #deab11

Analogous

  1. #11deab
  2. #11aade
  3. #1143de

Triadic

  1. #11aade
  2. #de11aa
  3. #aade11

Tetradic

  1. #11aade
  2. #4511de
  3. #de4511
  4. #aade11

Square

  1. #11aade
  2. #ab11de
  3. #de4511
  4. #43de11

Monochromatic

  1. #063d50
  2. #0c7497
  3. #11aade
  4. #4ac7f1
  5. #91ddf7

Shades

#11aade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #11aade
  2. #0f99c8
  3. #0e88b2
  4. #0c779b
  5. #0a6685
  6. #09556f
  7. #074459
  8. #053343
  9. #03222c
  10. #021116
  11. #000000

Tints

#11aade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #11aade
  2. #29b3e1
  3. #41bbe5
  4. #58c4e8
  5. #70cceb
  6. #88d5ef
  7. #a0ddf2
  8. #b8e6f5
  9. #cfeef8
  10. #e7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#11aade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #11aade
  2. #1ca6d5
  3. #27a2cb
  4. #329dc2
  5. #3d99b8
  6. #4995af
  7. #5491a6
  8. #5f8d9c
  9. #6a8893
  10. #758489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa8e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7696dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a9df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9fde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-11aade {
  color: #11aade;
}
Background
.bg-11aade {
  background-color: #11aade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-11aade {
  border: 2px solid #11aade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #11aade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 86% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-11aade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #11aade, #1143de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-11aade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.06 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.21 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.20 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.69 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.95 #ee5521 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#11aade  rgb(17, 170, 222)  hsl(195, 86%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#de4511  rgb(222, 69, 17)  hsl(15, 86%, 47%)  Flame
#de11aa  rgb(222, 17, 170)  hsl(315, 86%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#aade11  rgb(170, 222, 17)  hsl(75, 86%, 47%)  Yellow Green