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#14A7EA

#14a7ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#14a7ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.45% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.79°, with 84.25% saturation and 49.8% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.45.

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Relative luminance0.3373

Complementary

  1. #14a7ea
  2. #ea5714

Split complementary

  1. #14a7ea
  2. #ea143c
  3. #eac214

Analogous

  1. #14eac2
  2. #14a7ea
  3. #143cea

Triadic

  1. #14a7ea
  2. #ea14a7
  3. #a7ea14

Tetradic

  1. #14a7ea
  2. #5714ea
  3. #ea5714
  4. #a7ea14

Square

  1. #14a7ea
  2. #c214ea
  3. #ea5714
  4. #3cea14

Monochromatic

  1. #08425d
  2. #0e75a4
  3. #14a7ea
  4. #5ac1f1
  5. #a0dcf7

Shades

#14a7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #14a7ea
  2. #1296d3
  3. #1086bb
  4. #0e75a4
  5. #0c648c
  6. #0a5475
  7. #08435e
  8. #063246
  9. #04212f
  10. #021117
  11. #000000

Tints

#14a7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #14a7ea
  2. #2cb0ec
  3. #43b9ee
  4. #5bc1f0
  5. #72caf2
  6. #8ad3f5
  7. #a1dcf7
  8. #b9e5f9
  9. #d0edfb
  10. #e8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#14a7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #14a7ea
  2. #1fa3df
  3. #2a9fd5
  4. #349bca
  5. #3f97c0
  6. #4a94b5
  7. #5590aa
  8. #608ca0
  9. #6a8895
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da1c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a7ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba7ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #559de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-14a7ea {
  color: #14a7ea;
}
Background
.bg-14a7ea {
  background-color: #14a7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-14a7ea {
  border: 2px solid #14a7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #14a7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 84% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-14a7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #14a7ea, #143cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-14a7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.46 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.70 #eb5815 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#14a7ea  rgb(20, 167, 234)  hsl(199, 84%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ea5714  rgb(234, 87, 20)  hsl(19, 84%, 50%)  Persimmon
#ea14a7  rgb(234, 20, 167)  hsl(319, 84%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#a7ea14  rgb(167, 234, 20)  hsl(79, 84%, 50%)  Spring Bud