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#129CDA

#129cda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#129cda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 61.18% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.74% cyan, 28.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 198.6°, with 84.75% saturation and 46.27% 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 6.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.12.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2897

Complementary

  1. #129cda
  2. #da5012

Split complementary

  1. #129cda
  2. #da1238
  3. #dab412

Analogous

  1. #12dab4
  2. #129cda
  3. #1238da

Triadic

  1. #129cda
  2. #da129c
  3. #9cda12

Tetradic

  1. #129cda
  2. #5012da
  3. #da5012
  4. #9cda12

Square

  1. #129cda
  2. #b412da
  3. #da5012
  4. #38da12

Monochromatic

  1. #06374d
  2. #0c6993
  3. #129cda
  4. #49bcf0
  5. #8fd6f6

Shades

#129cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #129cda
  2. #108cc4
  3. #0e7dae
  4. #0d6d99
  5. #0b5e83
  6. #094e6d
  7. #073e57
  8. #052f41
  9. #041f2c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#129cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #129cda
  2. #2aa6de
  3. #41b0e1
  4. #59bae5
  5. #71c4e9
  6. #89ceed
  7. #a0d7f0
  8. #b8e1f4
  9. #d0ebf8
  10. #e7f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#129cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #129cda
  2. #1d99d1
  3. #2896c8
  4. #3394bf
  5. #3e91b6
  6. #498ead
  7. #548ba4
  8. #5f889b
  9. #6a8692
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7496b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9cdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648bd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649cdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5092d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-129cda {
  color: #129cda;
}
Background
.bg-129cda {
  background-color: #129cda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-129cda {
  border: 2px solid #129cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #129cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 156 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 85% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-129cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #129cda, #1238da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-129cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 156 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.75 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.84 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.09 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.32 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.94 #ed6325 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#129cda  rgb(18, 156, 218)  hsl(199, 85%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#da5012  rgb(218, 80, 18)  hsl(19, 85%, 46%)  Flame
#da129c  rgb(218, 18, 156)  hsl(319, 85%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cda12  rgb(156, 218, 18)  hsl(79, 85%, 46%)  Yellow Green