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#149CD4

#149cd4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149cd4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 61.18% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.57% cyan, 26.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 197.5°, with 82.76% saturation and 45.49% 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 6.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.2868

Complementary

  1. #149cd4
  2. #d44c14

Split complementary

  1. #149cd4
  2. #d4143c
  3. #d4ac14

Analogous

  1. #14d4ac
  2. #149cd4
  3. #143cd4

Triadic

  1. #149cd4
  2. #d4149c
  3. #9cd414

Tetradic

  1. #149cd4
  2. #4c14d4
  3. #d44c14
  4. #9cd414

Square

  1. #149cd4
  2. #ac14d4
  3. #d44c14
  4. #3cd414

Monochromatic

  1. #073548
  2. #0d698e
  3. #149cd4
  4. #47bdee
  5. #8dd6f4

Shades

#149cd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149cd4
  2. #128cbf
  3. #107daa
  4. #0e6d94
  5. #0c5e7f
  6. #0a4e6a
  7. #083e55
  8. #062f40
  9. #041f2a
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#149cd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149cd4
  2. #2ca6d8
  3. #43b0dd
  4. #5bbae1
  5. #72c4e5
  6. #8aceea
  7. #a1d7ee
  8. #b9e1f2
  9. #d0ebf6
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149cd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149cd4
  2. #1f99cc
  3. #2a96c3
  4. #3494bb
  5. #3f91b2
  6. #4a8eaa
  7. #558ba2
  8. #608899
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7496b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809bd7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688bd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669bd6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5392d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149cd4 {
  color: #149cd4;
}
Background
.bg-149cd4 {
  background-color: #149cd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149cd4 {
  border: 2px solid #149cd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149cd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 156 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 83% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149cd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149cd4, #143cd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149cd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 156 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.55 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.06 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.99 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.35 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.68 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.08 #eb632b Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149cd4  rgb(20, 156, 212)  hsl(198, 83%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d44c14  rgb(212, 76, 20)  hsl(18, 83%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d4149c  rgb(212, 20, 156)  hsl(318, 83%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cd414  rgb(156, 212, 20)  hsl(78, 83%, 45%)  Yellow Green