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#149FD4

#149fd4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149fd4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 62.35% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.57% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 196.56°, 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 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.83.

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Relative luminance0.297

Complementary

  1. #149fd4
  2. #d44914

Split complementary

  1. #149fd4
  2. #d4143f
  3. #d4a914

Analogous

  1. #14d4a9
  2. #149fd4
  3. #143fd4

Triadic

  1. #149fd4
  2. #d4149f
  3. #9fd414

Tetradic

  1. #149fd4
  2. #4914d4
  3. #d44914
  4. #9fd414

Square

  1. #149fd4
  2. #a914d4
  3. #d44914
  4. #3fd414

Monochromatic

  1. #073648
  2. #0d6b8e
  3. #149fd4
  4. #47c0ee
  5. #8dd8f4

Shades

#149fd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149fd4
  2. #128fbf
  3. #107faa
  4. #0e6f94
  5. #0c5f7f
  6. #0a506a
  7. #084055
  8. #063040
  9. #04202a
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#149fd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149fd4
  2. #2ca9d8
  3. #43b2dd
  4. #5bbce1
  5. #72c5e5
  6. #8acfea
  7. #a1d9ee
  8. #b9e2f2
  9. #d0ecf6
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149fd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149fd4
  2. #1f9ccc
  3. #2a99c3
  4. #3496bb
  5. #3f93b2
  6. #4a90aa
  7. #558ca2
  8. #608999
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #849dd6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c8dd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699ed5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5695d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149fd4 {
  color: #149fd4;
}
Background
.bg-149fd4 {
  background-color: #149fd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149fd4 {
  border: 2px solid #149fd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149fd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 159 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 83% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149fd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149fd4, #143fd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149fd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 159 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.06 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.66 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.24 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.51 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.93 #eb602b Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149fd4  rgb(20, 159, 212)  hsl(197, 83%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d44914  rgb(212, 73, 20)  hsl(17, 83%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d4149f  rgb(212, 20, 159)  hsl(317, 83%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fd414  rgb(159, 212, 20)  hsl(77, 83%, 45%)  Yellow Green