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#14AAED

#14aaed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#14aaed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.56% cyan, 28.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 198.53°, with 85.77% saturation and 50.39% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.3501

Complementary

  1. #14aaed
  2. #ed5714

Split complementary

  1. #14aaed
  2. #ed143d
  3. #edc414

Analogous

  1. #14edc4
  2. #14aaed
  3. #143ded

Triadic

  1. #14aaed
  2. #ed14aa
  3. #aaed14

Tetradic

  1. #14aaed
  2. #5714ed
  3. #ed5714
  4. #aaed14

Square

  1. #14aaed
  2. #c414ed
  3. #ed5714
  4. #3ded14

Monochromatic

  1. #074561
  2. #0d78a8
  3. #14aaed
  4. #5bc4f2
  5. #a2ddf8

Shades

#14aaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #14aaed
  2. #1299d5
  3. #1088be
  4. #0e77a6
  5. #0c668e
  6. #0a5577
  7. #08445f
  8. #063347
  9. #04222f
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#14aaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #14aaed
  2. #2cb3ef
  3. #43bbf1
  4. #5bc4f2
  5. #72ccf4
  6. #8ad5f6
  7. #a1ddf8
  8. #b9e6fa
  9. #d0eefb
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#14aaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #14aaed
  2. #1fa6e2
  3. #2aa2d7
  4. #349dcc
  5. #3f99c1
  6. #4a95b7
  7. #5591ac
  8. #608da1
  9. #6a8896
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89aaf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e98ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6daaef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579fec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-14aaed {
  color: #14aaed;
}
Background
.bg-14aaed {
  background-color: #14aaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-14aaed {
  border: 2px solid #14aaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #14aaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 170 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-14aaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #14aaed, #143ded);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-14aaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 170 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.26 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.32 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.18 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.36 #eb5512 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#14aaed  rgb(20, 170, 237)  hsl(199, 86%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ed5714  rgb(237, 87, 20)  hsl(19, 86%, 50%)  Persimmon
#ed14aa  rgb(237, 20, 170)  hsl(319, 86%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#aaed14  rgb(170, 237, 20)  hsl(79, 86%, 50%)  Spring Bud