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#149EA7

#149ea7 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#149ea7 is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 61.96% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.02% cyan, 5.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 183.67°, with 78.61% saturation and 36.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 6.02.

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Relative luminance0.2739

Complementary

  1. #149ea7
  2. #a71d14

Split complementary

  1. #149ea7
  2. #a71455
  3. #a76714

Analogous

  1. #14a767
  2. #149ea7
  3. #1455a7

Triadic

  1. #149ea7
  2. #a7149e
  3. #9ea714

Tetradic

  1. #149ea7
  2. #1d14a7
  3. #a71d14
  4. #9ea714

Square

  1. #149ea7
  2. #6714a7
  3. #a71d14
  4. #55a714

Monochromatic

  1. #041d1e
  2. #0c5d63
  3. #149ea7
  4. #23d9e5
  5. #67e5ed

Shades

#149ea7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149ea7
  2. #128e96
  3. #107e86
  4. #0e6f75
  5. #0c5f64
  6. #0a4f54
  7. #083f43
  8. #062f32
  9. #042021
  10. #021011
  11. #000000

Tints

#149ea7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149ea7
  2. #2ca8b0
  3. #43b1b9
  4. #5bbbc1
  5. #72c5ca
  6. #8acfd3
  7. #a1d8dc
  8. #b9e2e5
  9. #d0eced
  10. #e8f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149ea7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149ea7
  2. #1f9ba3
  3. #2a989f
  4. #34959b
  5. #3f9297
  6. #4a8f94
  7. #558c90
  8. #60898c
  9. #6a8688
  10. #758384
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #729599 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9197a8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e89a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #739aa7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6492a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149ea7 {
  color: #149ea7;
}
Background
.bg-149ea7 {
  background-color: #149ea7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149ea7 {
  border: 2px solid #149ea7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149ea7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 158 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 79% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149ea7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149ea7, #1455a7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149ea7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 158 167 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.02 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 7.53 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.24 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.67 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.14 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.67 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.85 #eb6158 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#149ea7  rgb(20, 158, 167)  hsl(184, 79%, 37%)  Cadet Blue
#a71d14  rgb(167, 29, 20)  hsl(4, 79%, 37%)  Rufous
#a7149e  rgb(167, 20, 158)  hsl(304, 79%, 37%)  Dark Magenta
#9ea714  rgb(158, 167, 20)  hsl(64, 79%, 37%)  Apple Green