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#14AAEF

#14aaef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#14aaef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.63% cyan, 28.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 198.9°, with 87.25% saturation and 50.78% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.3513

Complementary

  1. #14aaef
  2. #ef5914

Split complementary

  1. #14aaef
  2. #ef143c
  3. #efc614

Analogous

  1. #14efc6
  2. #14aaef
  3. #143cef

Triadic

  1. #14aaef
  2. #ef14aa
  3. #aaef14

Tetradic

  1. #14aaef
  2. #5914ef
  3. #ef5914
  4. #aaef14

Square

  1. #14aaef
  2. #c614ef
  3. #ef5914
  4. #3cef14

Monochromatic

  1. #074663
  2. #0c79ab
  3. #14aaef
  4. #5cc4f4
  5. #a3def9

Shades

#14aaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #14aaef
  2. #1299d7
  3. #1088bf
  4. #0e77a7
  5. #0c668f
  6. #0a5578
  7. #084460
  8. #063348
  9. #042230
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#14aaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #14aaef
  2. #2cb3f1
  3. #43bbf2
  4. #5bc4f4
  5. #72ccf5
  6. #8ad5f7
  7. #a1ddf9
  8. #b9e6fa
  9. #d0eefc
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#14aaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #14aaef
  2. #1fa6e4
  3. #2aa2d9
  4. #349dce
  5. #3f99c3
  6. #4a95b8
  7. #5591ac
  8. #608da1
  9. #6a8896
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aaf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d98ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6caaf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569fee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-14aaef {
  color: #14aaef;
}
Background
.bg-14aaef {
  background-color: #14aaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-14aaef {
  border: 2px solid #14aaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #14aaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 170 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-14aaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #14aaef, #143cef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-14aaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 170 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.23 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.91 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.30 #eb5510 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#14aaef  rgb(20, 170, 239)  hsl(199, 87%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ef5914  rgb(239, 89, 20)  hsl(19, 87%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ef14aa  rgb(239, 20, 170)  hsl(319, 87%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#aaef14  rgb(170, 239, 20)  hsl(79, 87%, 51%)  Spring Bud