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#1391CA

#1391ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1391ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.45% red, 56.86% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.59% cyan, 28.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 198.69°, with 82.81% saturation and 43.33% 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 5.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.32.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2465

Complementary

  1. #1391ca
  2. #ca4c13

Split complementary

  1. #1391ca
  2. #ca1335
  3. #caa713

Analogous

  1. #13caa7
  2. #1391ca
  3. #1335ca

Triadic

  1. #1391ca
  2. #ca1391
  3. #91ca13

Tetradic

  1. #1391ca
  2. #4c13ca
  3. #ca4c13
  4. #91ca13

Square

  1. #1391ca
  2. #a713ca
  3. #ca4c13
  4. #35ca13

Monochromatic

  1. #062d3e
  2. #0c5f84
  3. #1391ca
  4. #3db6ed
  5. #83d0f3

Shades

#1391ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1391ca
  2. #1183b6
  3. #0f74a2
  4. #0d668d
  5. #0b5779
  6. #0a4965
  7. #083a51
  8. #062c3d
  9. #041d28
  10. #020f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1391ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1391ca
  2. #2b9ccf
  3. #42a7d5
  4. #5ab2da
  5. #71bddf
  6. #89c8e5
  7. #a1d3ea
  8. #b8deef
  9. #d0e9f4
  10. #e7f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1391ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1391ca
  2. #1e8fc3
  3. #298ebb
  4. #348cb4
  5. #3f8aac
  6. #4a89a5
  7. #54879e
  8. #5f8596
  9. #6a838f
  10. #758287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c8ca7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7591cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e81c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a0a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d91cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b88c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1391ca {
  color: #1391ca;
}
Background
.bg-1391ca {
  background-color: #1391ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1391ca {
  border: 2px solid #1391ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1391ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 19 145 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1391ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1391ca, #1335ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1391ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(19 145 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.32 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.94 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.26 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.63 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.77 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.70 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.91 #ec6e35 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1391ca  rgb(19, 145, 202)  hsl(199, 83%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#ca4c13  rgb(202, 76, 19)  hsl(19, 83%, 43%)  Sinopia
#ca1391  rgb(202, 19, 145)  hsl(319, 83%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#91ca13  rgb(145, 202, 19)  hsl(79, 83%, 43%)  Yellow Green