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#149ACE

#149ace ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#149ace is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 60.39% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.29% cyan, 25.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 196.77°, with 82.3% saturation and 44.31% 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 6.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.22.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2772

Complementary

  1. #149ace
  2. #ce4814

Split complementary

  1. #149ace
  2. #ce143d
  3. #cea514

Analogous

  1. #14cea5
  2. #149ace
  3. #143dce

Triadic

  1. #149ace
  2. #ce149a
  3. #9ace14

Tetradic

  1. #149ace
  2. #4814ce
  3. #ce4814
  4. #9ace14

Square

  1. #149ace
  2. #a514ce
  3. #ce4814
  4. #3dce14

Monochromatic

  1. #063243
  2. #0d6688
  3. #149ace
  4. #42bded
  5. #88d5f3

Shades

#149ace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149ace
  2. #128bb9
  3. #107ba5
  4. #0e6c90
  5. #0c5c7c
  6. #0a4d67
  7. #083e52
  8. #062e3e
  9. #041f29
  10. #020f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#149ace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149ace
  2. #2ca4d3
  3. #43aed8
  4. #5bb8dd
  5. #72c2e2
  6. #8acde7
  7. #a1d7eb
  8. #b9e1f0
  9. #d0ebf5
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149ace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149ace
  2. #1f97c6
  3. #2a95be
  4. #3492b7
  5. #3f90af
  6. #4a8da7
  7. #558a9f
  8. #608897
  9. #6a8590
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7294ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8098d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6989cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6699cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5390ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149ace {
  color: #149ace;
}
Background
.bg-149ace {
  background-color: #149ace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149ace {
  border: 2px solid #149ace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149ace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 154 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 82% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149ace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149ace, #143dce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149ace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 154 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.22 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.24 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.62 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.32 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.14 #eb6531 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149ace  rgb(20, 154, 206)  hsl(197, 82%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#ce4814  rgb(206, 72, 20)  hsl(17, 82%, 44%)  Sinopia
#ce149a  rgb(206, 20, 154)  hsl(317, 82%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ace14  rgb(154, 206, 20)  hsl(77, 82%, 44%)  Yellow Green