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#149CDA

#149cda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149cda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.83% cyan, 28.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 198.79°, with 83.19% saturation and 46.67% 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 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.2899

Complementary

  1. #149cda
  2. #da5214

Split complementary

  1. #149cda
  2. #da1439
  3. #dab514

Analogous

  1. #14dab5
  2. #149cda
  3. #1439da

Triadic

  1. #149cda
  2. #da149c
  3. #9cda14

Tetradic

  1. #149cda
  2. #5214da
  3. #da5214
  4. #9cda14

Square

  1. #149cda
  2. #b514da
  3. #da5214
  4. #39da14

Monochromatic

  1. #07384e
  2. #0e6a94
  3. #149cda
  4. #4cbcef
  5. #92d6f5

Shades

#149cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149cda
  2. #128cc4
  3. #107dae
  4. #0e6d99
  5. #0c5e83
  6. #0a4e6d
  7. #083e57
  8. #062f41
  9. #041f2c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#149cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149cda
  2. #2ca6de
  3. #43b0e1
  4. #5bbae5
  5. #72c4e9
  6. #8aceed
  7. #a1d7f0
  8. #b9e1f4
  9. #d0ebf8
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149cda
  2. #1f99d1
  3. #2a96c8
  4. #3494bf
  5. #3f91b6
  6. #4a8ead
  7. #558ba4
  8. #60889b
  9. #6a8692
  10. #758389
  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 #7596b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9cdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658bd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649cdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5092d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149cda {
  color: #149cda;
}
Background
.bg-149cda {
  background-color: #149cda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149cda {
  border: 2px solid #149cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 156 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149cda, #1439da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 156 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.60 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.87 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.02 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.31 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.92 #eb6325 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149cda  rgb(20, 156, 218)  hsl(199, 83%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#da5214  rgb(218, 82, 20)  hsl(19, 83%, 47%)  Flame
#da149c  rgb(218, 20, 156)  hsl(319, 83%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cda14  rgb(156, 218, 20)  hsl(79, 83%, 47%)  Yellow Green