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#149DD4

#149dd4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149dd4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 61.57% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.57% cyan, 25.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 197.19°, 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.61.

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Relative luminance0.2902

Complementary

  1. #149dd4
  2. #d44b14

Split complementary

  1. #149dd4
  2. #d4143d
  3. #d4ab14

Analogous

  1. #14d4ab
  2. #149dd4
  3. #143dd4

Triadic

  1. #149dd4
  2. #d4149d
  3. #9dd414

Tetradic

  1. #149dd4
  2. #4b14d4
  3. #d44b14
  4. #9dd414

Square

  1. #149dd4
  2. #ab14d4
  3. #d44b14
  4. #3dd414

Monochromatic

  1. #073548
  2. #0d698e
  3. #149dd4
  4. #47beee
  5. #8dd7f4

Shades

#149dd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149dd4
  2. #128dbf
  3. #107eaa
  4. #0e6e94
  5. #0c5e7f
  6. #0a4f6a
  7. #083f55
  8. #062f40
  9. #041f2a
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#149dd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149dd4
  2. #2ca7d8
  3. #43b1dd
  4. #5bbae1
  5. #72c4e5
  6. #8aceea
  7. #a1d8ee
  8. #b9e2f2
  9. #d0ebf6
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149dd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149dd4
  2. #1f9acc
  3. #2a97c3
  4. #3494bb
  5. #3f91b2
  6. #4a8faa
  7. #558ca2
  8. #608999
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758388
  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 #7597b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819cd7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698bd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679cd6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5493d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149dd4 {
  color: #149dd4;
}
Background
.bg-149dd4 {
  background-color: #149dd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149dd4 {
  border: 2px solid #149dd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149dd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 157 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 83% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149dd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149dd4, #143dd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149dd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 157 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.61 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.04 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.11 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.79 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.09 #eb622b Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149dd4  rgb(20, 157, 212)  hsl(197, 83%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d44b14  rgb(212, 75, 20)  hsl(17, 83%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d4149d  rgb(212, 20, 157)  hsl(317, 83%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9dd414  rgb(157, 212, 20)  hsl(77, 83%, 45%)  Yellow Green