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#1395CA

#1395ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1395ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.45% red, 58.43% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.59% cyan, 26.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 197.38°, 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 6.18:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.82.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.259

Complementary

  1. #1395ca
  2. #ca4813

Split complementary

  1. #1395ca
  2. #ca1339
  3. #caa313

Analogous

  1. #13caa3
  2. #1395ca
  3. #1339ca

Triadic

  1. #1395ca
  2. #ca1395
  3. #95ca13

Tetradic

  1. #1395ca
  2. #4813ca
  3. #ca4813
  4. #95ca13

Square

  1. #1395ca
  2. #a313ca
  3. #ca4813
  4. #39ca13

Monochromatic

  1. #062e3e
  2. #0c6184
  3. #1395ca
  4. #3dbaed
  5. #83d3f3

Shades

#1395ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1395ca
  2. #1186b6
  3. #0f77a2
  4. #0d688d
  5. #0b5979
  6. #0a4b65
  7. #083c51
  8. #062d3d
  9. #041e28
  10. #020f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1395ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1395ca
  2. #2ba0cf
  3. #42aad5
  4. #5ab5da
  5. #71bfdf
  6. #89cae5
  7. #a1d5ea
  8. #b8dfef
  9. #d0eaf4
  10. #e7f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1395ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1395ca
  2. #1e93c3
  3. #2991bb
  4. #348fb4
  5. #3f8dac
  6. #4a8ba5
  7. #54889e
  8. #5f8696
  9. #6a848f
  10. #758287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8fa8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b94cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6484c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6194cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f8bc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1395ca {
  color: #1395ca;
}
Background
.bg-1395ca {
  background-color: #1395ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1395ca {
  border: 2px solid #1395ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1395ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 19 149 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 83% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1395ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1395ca, #1339ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1395ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(19 149 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.82 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.44 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.59 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.33 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.29 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.64 #ec6a35 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1395ca  rgb(19, 149, 202)  hsl(197, 83%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#ca4813  rgb(202, 72, 19)  hsl(17, 83%, 43%)  Sinopia
#ca1395  rgb(202, 19, 149)  hsl(317, 83%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#95ca13  rgb(149, 202, 19)  hsl(77, 83%, 43%)  Yellow Green