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#129FDA

#129fda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#129fda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 62.35% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.74% cyan, 27.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 197.7°, 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 7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.2.

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Relative luminance0.2999

Complementary

  1. #129fda
  2. #da4d12

Split complementary

  1. #129fda
  2. #da123b
  3. #dab112

Analogous

  1. #12dab1
  2. #129fda
  3. #123bda

Triadic

  1. #129fda
  2. #da129f
  3. #9fda12

Tetradic

  1. #129fda
  2. #4d12da
  3. #da4d12
  4. #9fda12

Square

  1. #129fda
  2. #b112da
  3. #da4d12
  4. #3bda12

Monochromatic

  1. #06384d
  2. #0c6b93
  3. #129fda
  4. #49bff0
  5. #8fd8f6

Shades

#129fda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #129fda
  2. #108fc4
  3. #0e7fae
  4. #0d6f99
  5. #0b5f83
  6. #09506d
  7. #074057
  8. #053041
  9. #04202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#129fda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #129fda
  2. #2aa9de
  3. #41b2e1
  4. #59bce5
  5. #71c5e9
  6. #89cfed
  7. #a0d9f0
  8. #b8e2f4
  9. #d0ecf8
  10. #e7f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#129fda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #129fda
  2. #1d9cd1
  3. #2899c8
  4. #3396bf
  5. #3e93b6
  6. #4990ad
  7. #548ca4
  8. #5f899b
  9. #6a8692
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829edd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698dd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679fdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5395d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-129fda {
  color: #129fda;
}
Background
.bg-129fda {
  background-color: #129fda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-129fda {
  border: 2px solid #129fda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #129fda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 159 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 85% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-129fda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #129fda, #123bda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-129fda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 159 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.84 #ed6025 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#129fda  rgb(18, 159, 218)  hsl(198, 85%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#da4d12  rgb(218, 77, 18)  hsl(18, 85%, 46%)  Flame
#da129f  rgb(218, 18, 159)  hsl(318, 85%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fda12  rgb(159, 218, 18)  hsl(78, 85%, 46%)  Yellow Green