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#159EDD

#159edd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#159edd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.24% red, 61.96% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.5% cyan, 28.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.9°, with 82.64% saturation and 47.45% 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 6.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.89.

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Relative luminance0.2983

Complementary

  1. #159edd
  2. #dd5415

Split complementary

  1. #159edd
  2. #dd153a
  3. #ddb815

Analogous

  1. #15ddb8
  2. #159edd
  3. #153add

Triadic

  1. #159edd
  2. #dd159e
  3. #9edd15

Tetradic

  1. #159edd
  2. #5415dd
  3. #dd5415
  4. #9edd15

Square

  1. #159edd
  2. #b815dd
  3. #dd5415
  4. #3add15

Monochromatic

  1. #083a51
  2. #0e6c97
  3. #159edd
  4. #50bdee
  5. #96d7f5

Shades

#159edd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #159edd
  2. #138ec7
  3. #117eb1
  4. #0f6f9b
  5. #0d5f85
  6. #0b4f6f
  7. #083f58
  8. #062f42
  9. #04202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#159edd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #159edd
  2. #2ca8e0
  3. #44b1e4
  4. #5bbbe7
  5. #73c5eb
  6. #8acfee
  7. #a1d8f1
  8. #b9e2f5
  9. #d0ecf8
  10. #e8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#159edd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #159edd
  2. #209bd4
  3. #2a98ca
  4. #3595c1
  5. #4092b8
  6. #4b8faf
  7. #558ca5
  8. #60899c
  9. #6b8693
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7698b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ee0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #668ddc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659edf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5194dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-159edd {
  color: #159edd;
}
Background
.bg-159edd {
  background-color: #159edd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-159edd {
  border: 2px solid #159edd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #159edd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 158 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-159edd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #159edd, #153add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-159edd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 158 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.16 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.24 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.55 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.76 #ea6122 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#159edd  rgb(21, 158, 221)  hsl(199, 83%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#dd5415  rgb(221, 84, 21)  hsl(19, 83%, 47%)  Flame
#dd159e  rgb(221, 21, 158)  hsl(319, 83%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9edd15  rgb(158, 221, 21)  hsl(79, 83%, 47%)  Yellow Green