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#149CD3

#149cd3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#149cd3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 61.18% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.52% cyan, 26.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 197.28°, with 82.68% 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 6.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.67.

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Relative luminance0.2863

Complementary

  1. #149cd3
  2. #d34b14

Split complementary

  1. #149cd3
  2. #d3143c
  3. #d3aa14

Analogous

  1. #14d3aa
  2. #149cd3
  3. #143cd3

Triadic

  1. #149cd3
  2. #d3149c
  3. #9cd314

Tetradic

  1. #149cd3
  2. #4b14d3
  3. #d34b14
  4. #9cd314

Square

  1. #149cd3
  2. #aa14d3
  3. #d34b14
  4. #3cd314

Monochromatic

  1. #073547
  2. #0d688d
  3. #149cd3
  4. #46bded
  5. #8cd6f4

Shades

#149cd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149cd3
  2. #128cbe
  3. #107da9
  4. #0e6d94
  5. #0c5e7f
  6. #0a4e6a
  7. #083e54
  8. #062f3f
  9. #041f2a
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#149cd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149cd3
  2. #2ca6d7
  3. #43b0dc
  4. #5bbae0
  5. #72c4e5
  6. #8acee9
  7. #a1d7ed
  8. #b9e1f2
  9. #d0ebf6
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149cd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149cd3
  2. #1f99cb
  3. #2a96c2
  4. #3494ba
  5. #3f91b2
  6. #4a8eaa
  7. #558ba1
  8. #608899
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7496b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809bd6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698bd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669bd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5392d2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149cd3 {
  color: #149cd3;
}
Background
.bg-149cd3 {
  background-color: #149cd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149cd3 {
  border: 2px solid #149cd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149cd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 156 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 83% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149cd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149cd3, #143cd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149cd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 156 211 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.67 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.14 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.94 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.26 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.10 #eb632c Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149cd3  rgb(20, 156, 211)  hsl(197, 83%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d34b14  rgb(211, 75, 20)  hsl(17, 83%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d3149c  rgb(211, 20, 156)  hsl(317, 83%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cd314  rgb(156, 211, 20)  hsl(77, 83%, 45%)  Yellow Green