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#159CEE

#159cee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#159cee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.24% red, 61.18% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.18% cyan, 34.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 202.67°, with 86.45% 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 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.35.

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Relative luminance0.3011

Complementary

  1. #159cee
  2. #ee6715

Split complementary

  1. #159cee
  2. #ee152f
  3. #eed315

Analogous

  1. #15eed3
  2. #159cee
  3. #152fee

Triadic

  1. #159cee
  2. #ee159c
  3. #9cee15

Tetradic

  1. #159cee
  2. #6715ee
  3. #ee6715
  4. #9cee15

Square

  1. #159cee
  2. #d315ee
  3. #ee6715
  4. #2fee15

Monochromatic

  1. #074063
  2. #0c6faa
  3. #159cee
  4. #5cbaf3
  5. #a4d8f8

Shades

#159cee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #159cee
  2. #138cd6
  3. #117dbe
  4. #0f6da7
  5. #0d5e8f
  6. #0b4e77
  7. #083e5f
  8. #062f47
  9. #041f30
  10. #021018
  11. #000000

Tints

#159cee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #159cee
  2. #2ca6f0
  3. #44b0f1
  4. #5bbaf3
  5. #73c4f5
  6. #8acef7
  7. #a1d7f8
  8. #b9e1fa
  9. #d0ebfc
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#159cee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #159cee
  2. #2099e3
  3. #2a96d8
  4. #3594cd
  5. #4091c2
  6. #4b8eb7
  7. #558bac
  8. #6088a1
  9. #6b8696
  10. #75838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7798bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749ff1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #568dec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d9ef0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4593ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-159cee {
  color: #159cee;
}
Background
.bg-159cee {
  background-color: #159cee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-159cee {
  border: 2px solid #159cee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #159cee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 156 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-159cee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #159cee, #152fee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-159cee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 156 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.19 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.99 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.10 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.08 #ea6311 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#159cee  rgb(21, 156, 238)  hsl(203, 86%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ee6715  rgb(238, 103, 21)  hsl(23, 86%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ee159c  rgb(238, 21, 156)  hsl(323, 86%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#9cee15  rgb(156, 238, 21)  hsl(83, 86%, 51%)  Spring Bud