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#149FD8

#149fd8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#149fd8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.74% cyan, 26.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 197.45°, with 83.05% saturation and 46.27% 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 6.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.34.

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Relative luminance0.299

Complementary

  1. #149fd8
  2. #d84d14

Split complementary

  1. #149fd8
  2. #d8143d
  3. #d8af14

Analogous

  1. #14d8af
  2. #149fd8
  3. #143dd8

Triadic

  1. #149fd8
  2. #d8149f
  3. #9fd814

Tetradic

  1. #149fd8
  2. #4d14d8
  3. #d84d14
  4. #9fd814

Square

  1. #149fd8
  2. #af14d8
  3. #d84d14
  4. #3dd814

Monochromatic

  1. #07384c
  2. #0e6b92
  3. #149fd8
  4. #4abfee
  5. #90d8f5

Shades

#149fd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #149fd8
  2. #128fc2
  3. #107fad
  4. #0e6f97
  5. #0c5f82
  6. #0a506c
  7. #084056
  8. #063041
  9. #04202b
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#149fd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #149fd8
  2. #2ca9dc
  3. #43b2e0
  4. #5bbce4
  5. #72c5e8
  6. #8acfec
  7. #a1d9ef
  8. #b9e2f3
  9. #d0ecf7
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#149fd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #149fd8
  2. #1f9ccf
  3. #2a99c6
  4. #3496be
  5. #3f93b5
  6. #4a90ac
  7. #558ca3
  8. #60899a
  9. #6a8692
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839edb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a8dd7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689eda ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5495d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-149fd8 {
  color: #149fd8;
}
Background
.bg-149fd8 {
  background-color: #149fd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-149fd8 {
  border: 2px solid #149fd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #149fd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 159 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 83% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-149fd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #149fd8, #143dd8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-149fd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 159 216 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.74 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.05 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.14 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.15 #eb6027 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#149fd8  rgb(20, 159, 216)  hsl(197, 83%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#d84d14  rgb(216, 77, 20)  hsl(17, 83%, 46%)  Flame
#d8149f  rgb(216, 20, 159)  hsl(317, 83%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fd814  rgb(159, 216, 20)  hsl(77, 83%, 46%)  Yellow Green