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#139DD4

#139dd4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#139dd4 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 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.04% cyan, 25.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 197.1°, with 83.55% saturation and 45.29% 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.64.

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Relative luminance0.2901

Complementary

  1. #139dd4
  2. #d44a13

Split complementary

  1. #139dd4
  2. #d4133c
  3. #d4aa13

Analogous

  1. #13d4aa
  2. #139dd4
  3. #133cd4

Triadic

  1. #139dd4
  2. #d4139d
  3. #9dd413

Tetradic

  1. #139dd4
  2. #4a13d4
  3. #d44a13
  4. #9dd413

Square

  1. #139dd4
  2. #aa13d4
  3. #d44a13
  4. #3cd413

Monochromatic

  1. #063548
  2. #0d698e
  3. #139dd4
  4. #45beee
  5. #8bd7f5

Shades

#139dd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #139dd4
  2. #118dbf
  3. #0f7eaa
  4. #0d6e94
  5. #0b5e7f
  6. #0a4f6a
  7. #083f55
  8. #062f40
  9. #041f2a
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#139dd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #139dd4
  2. #2ba7d8
  3. #42b1dd
  4. #5abae1
  5. #71c4e5
  6. #89ceea
  7. #a1d8ee
  8. #b8e2f2
  9. #d0ebf6
  10. #e7f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#139dd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #139dd4
  2. #1e9acc
  3. #2997c3
  4. #3494bb
  5. #3f91b2
  6. #4a8faa
  7. #548ca2
  8. #5f8999
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7597b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819cd7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698bd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679cd6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5493d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-139dd4 {
  color: #139dd4;
}
Background
.bg-139dd4 {
  background-color: #139dd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-139dd4 {
  border: 2px solid #139dd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #139dd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 19 157 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 84% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-139dd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #139dd4, #133cd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-139dd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(19 157 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.64 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.07 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.12 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.79 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.12 #ec622b Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#139dd4  rgb(19, 157, 212)  hsl(197, 84%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d44a13  rgb(212, 74, 19)  hsl(17, 84%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d4139d  rgb(212, 19, 157)  hsl(317, 84%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9dd413  rgb(157, 212, 19)  hsl(77, 84%, 45%)  Yellow Green