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#149FD3

#149fd3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#149fd3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 62.35% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.52% cyan, 24.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 196.34°, with 82.68% saturation and 45.29% 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 6.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.98.

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Relative luminance0.2965

Complementary

  1. #149fd3
  2. #d34814

Split complementary

  1. #149fd3
  2. #d3143f
  3. #d3a714

Analogous

  1. #14d3a7
  2. #149fd3
  3. #143fd3

Triadic

  1. #149fd3
  2. #d3149f
  3. #9fd314

Tetradic

  1. #149fd3
  2. #4814d3
  3. #d34814
  4. #9fd314

Square

  1. #149fd3
  2. #a714d3
  3. #d34814
  4. #3fd314

Monochromatic

  1. #073647
  2. #0d6a8d
  3. #149fd3
  4. #46c0ed
  5. #8cd8f4

Shades

#149fd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149fd3
  2. #128fbe
  3. #107fa9
  4. #0e6f94
  5. #0c5f7f
  6. #0a506a
  7. #084054
  8. #06303f
  9. #04202a
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#149fd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149fd3
  2. #2ca9d7
  3. #43b2dc
  4. #5bbce0
  5. #72c5e5
  6. #8acfe9
  7. #a1d9ed
  8. #b9e2f2
  9. #d0ecf6
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149fd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149fd3
  2. #1f9ccb
  3. #2a99c2
  4. #3496ba
  5. #3f93b2
  6. #4a90aa
  7. #558ca1
  8. #608999
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #849dd5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d8dd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699ed4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5794d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149fd3 {
  color: #149fd3;
}
Background
.bg-149fd3 {
  background-color: #149fd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149fd3 {
  border: 2px solid #149fd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149fd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 159 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 83% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149fd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149fd3, #143fd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149fd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 159 211 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.98 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.57 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.28 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.48 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.14 #eb602c Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149fd3  rgb(20, 159, 211)  hsl(196, 83%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d34814  rgb(211, 72, 20)  hsl(16, 83%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d3149f  rgb(211, 20, 159)  hsl(316, 83%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fd314  rgb(159, 211, 20)  hsl(76, 83%, 45%)  Yellow Green