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#149CDB

#149cdb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149cdb 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.87% cyan, 28.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 198.99°, with 83.26% saturation and 46.86% 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 6.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.03.

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Relative luminance0.2904

Complementary

  1. #149cdb
  2. #db5314

Split complementary

  1. #149cdb
  2. #db1439
  3. #dbb614

Analogous

  1. #14dbb6
  2. #149cdb
  3. #1439db

Triadic

  1. #149cdb
  2. #db149c
  3. #9cdb14

Tetradic

  1. #149cdb
  2. #5314db
  3. #db5314
  4. #9cdb14

Square

  1. #149cdb
  2. #b614db
  3. #db5314
  4. #39db14

Monochromatic

  1. #07384f
  2. #0e6a95
  3. #149cdb
  4. #4dbbef
  5. #93d6f5

Shades

#149cdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149cdb
  2. #128cc5
  3. #107daf
  4. #0e6d99
  5. #0c5e83
  6. #0a4e6e
  7. #083e58
  8. #062f42
  9. #041f2c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#149cdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149cdb
  2. #2ca6df
  3. #43b0e2
  4. #5bbae6
  5. #72c4e9
  6. #8aceed
  7. #a1d7f1
  8. #b9e1f4
  9. #d0ebf8
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149cdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149cdb
  2. #1f99d2
  3. #2a96c9
  4. #3494c0
  5. #3f91b7
  6. #4a8eae
  7. #558ba4
  8. #60889b
  9. #6a8692
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7596b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9cde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648bda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649cdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f92da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149cdb {
  color: #149cdb;
}
Background
.bg-149cdb {
  background-color: #149cdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149cdb {
  border: 2px solid #149cdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149cdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 156 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149cdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149cdb, #1439db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149cdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 156 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.44 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.11 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.36 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.90 #eb6324 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149cdb  rgb(20, 156, 219)  hsl(199, 83%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#db5314  rgb(219, 83, 20)  hsl(19, 83%, 47%)  Flame
#db149c  rgb(219, 20, 156)  hsl(319, 83%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cdb14  rgb(156, 219, 20)  hsl(79, 83%, 47%)  Yellow Green