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#139DD3

#139dd3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#139dd3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.45% red, 61.57% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91% cyan, 25.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 196.88°, with 83.48% saturation and 45.1% 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 4.76.

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Relative luminance0.2896

Complementary

  1. #139dd3
  2. #d34913

Split complementary

  1. #139dd3
  2. #d3133d
  3. #d3a913

Analogous

  1. #13d3a9
  2. #139dd3
  3. #133dd3

Triadic

  1. #139dd3
  2. #d3139d
  3. #9dd313

Tetradic

  1. #139dd3
  2. #4913d3
  3. #d34913
  4. #9dd313

Square

  1. #139dd3
  2. #a913d3
  3. #d34913
  4. #3dd313

Monochromatic

  1. #063547
  2. #0d698d
  3. #139dd3
  4. #44beee
  5. #8ad7f5

Shades

#139dd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #139dd3
  2. #118dbe
  3. #0f7ea9
  4. #0d6e94
  5. #0b5e7f
  6. #0a4f6a
  7. #083f54
  8. #062f3f
  9. #041f2a
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#139dd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #139dd3
  2. #2ba7d7
  3. #42b1dc
  4. #5abae0
  5. #71c4e5
  6. #89cee9
  7. #a1d8ed
  8. #b8e2f2
  9. #d0ebf6
  10. #e7f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#139dd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #139dd3
  2. #1e9acb
  3. #2997c2
  4. #3494ba
  5. #3f91b2
  6. #4a8faa
  7. #548ca1
  8. #5f8999
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758388
  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 #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7597b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829cd6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a8bd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679cd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5493d2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-139dd3 {
  color: #139dd3;
}
Background
.bg-139dd3 {
  background-color: #139dd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-139dd3 {
  border: 2px solid #139dd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #139dd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 19 157 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 83% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-139dd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #139dd3, #133dd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-139dd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(19 157 211 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.03 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.33 #ec622c Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#139dd3  rgb(19, 157, 211)  hsl(197, 83%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d34913  rgb(211, 73, 19)  hsl(17, 83%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d3139d  rgb(211, 19, 157)  hsl(317, 83%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9dd313  rgb(157, 211, 19)  hsl(77, 83%, 45%)  Yellow Green