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#149FD7

#149fd7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149fd7 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 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.7% cyan, 26.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 197.23°, with 82.98% saturation and 46.08% 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 6.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.45.

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Relative luminance0.2985

Complementary

  1. #149fd7
  2. #d74c14

Split complementary

  1. #149fd7
  2. #d7143e
  3. #d7ae14

Analogous

  1. #14d7ae
  2. #149fd7
  3. #143ed7

Triadic

  1. #149fd7
  2. #d7149f
  3. #9fd714

Tetradic

  1. #149fd7
  2. #4c14d7
  3. #d74c14
  4. #9fd714

Square

  1. #149fd7
  2. #ae14d7
  3. #d74c14
  4. #3ed714

Monochromatic

  1. #07374b
  2. #0d6b91
  3. #149fd7
  4. #49bfee
  5. #8fd8f5

Shades

#149fd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149fd7
  2. #128fc2
  3. #107fac
  4. #0e6f97
  5. #0c5f81
  6. #0a506c
  7. #084056
  8. #063041
  9. #04202b
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#149fd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149fd7
  2. #2ca9db
  3. #43b2df
  4. #5bbce3
  5. #72c5e7
  6. #8acfeb
  7. #a1d9ef
  8. #b9e2f3
  9. #d0ecf7
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149fd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149fd7
  2. #1f9cce
  3. #2a99c6
  4. #3496bd
  5. #3f93b4
  6. #4a90ac
  7. #558ca3
  8. #60899a
  9. #6a8691
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839eda ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b8dd6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689ed9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5595d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149fd7 {
  color: #149fd7;
}
Background
.bg-149fd7 {
  background-color: #149fd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149fd7 {
  border: 2px solid #149fd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149fd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 159 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 83% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149fd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149fd7, #143ed7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149fd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 159 215 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.45 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.95 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.15 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.34 #eb6028 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149fd7  rgb(20, 159, 215)  hsl(197, 83%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#d74c14  rgb(215, 76, 20)  hsl(17, 83%, 46%)  Flame
#d7149f  rgb(215, 20, 159)  hsl(317, 83%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fd714  rgb(159, 215, 20)  hsl(77, 83%, 46%)  Yellow Green