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#14AAEB

#14aaeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#14aaeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 66.67% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.49% cyan, 27.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 198.14°, with 84.31% saturation and 50% 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 7.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.

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Relative luminance0.349

Complementary

  1. #14aaeb
  2. #eb5514

Split complementary

  1. #14aaeb
  2. #eb143f
  3. #ebc014

Analogous

  1. #14ebc0
  2. #14aaeb
  3. #143feb

Triadic

  1. #14aaeb
  2. #eb14aa
  3. #aaeb14

Tetradic

  1. #14aaeb
  2. #5514eb
  3. #eb5514
  4. #aaeb14

Square

  1. #14aaeb
  2. #c014eb
  3. #eb5514
  4. #3feb14

Monochromatic

  1. #08445e
  2. #0e77a4
  3. #14aaeb
  4. #5bc3f1
  5. #a1ddf7

Shades

#14aaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #14aaeb
  2. #1299d4
  3. #1088bc
  4. #0e77a5
  5. #0c668d
  6. #0a5576
  7. #08445e
  8. #063347
  9. #04222f
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#14aaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #14aaeb
  2. #2cb3ed
  3. #43bbef
  4. #5bc4f1
  5. #72ccf3
  6. #8ad5f5
  7. #a1ddf7
  8. #b9e6f9
  9. #d0eefb
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#14aaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #14aaeb
  2. #1fa6e0
  3. #2aa2d6
  4. #349dcb
  5. #3f99c0
  6. #4a95b6
  7. #5591ab
  8. #608da0
  9. #6a8895
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa9ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f97ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eaaed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589fea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-14aaeb {
  color: #14aaeb;
}
Background
.bg-14aaeb {
  background-color: #14aaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-14aaeb {
  border: 2px solid #14aaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #14aaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 170 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 84% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-14aaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #14aaeb, #143feb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-14aaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 170 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.43 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.25 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.98 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.47 #eb5514 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#14aaeb  rgb(20, 170, 235)  hsl(198, 84%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#eb5514  rgb(235, 85, 20)  hsl(18, 84%, 50%)  Flame
#eb14aa  rgb(235, 20, 170)  hsl(318, 84%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#aaeb14  rgb(170, 235, 20)  hsl(78, 84%, 50%)  Spring Bud