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#159FDD

#159fdd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#159fdd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.24% red, 62.35% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.5% cyan, 28.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.6°, 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 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.92.

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Relative luminance0.3018

Complementary

  1. #159fdd
  2. #dd5315

Split complementary

  1. #159fdd
  2. #dd153b
  3. #ddb715

Analogous

  1. #15ddb7
  2. #159fdd
  3. #153bdd

Triadic

  1. #159fdd
  2. #dd159f
  3. #9fdd15

Tetradic

  1. #159fdd
  2. #5315dd
  3. #dd5315
  4. #9fdd15

Square

  1. #159fdd
  2. #b715dd
  3. #dd5315
  4. #3bdd15

Monochromatic

  1. #083a51
  2. #0e6d97
  3. #159fdd
  4. #50bdee
  5. #96d8f5

Shades

#159fdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #159fdd
  2. #138fc7
  3. #117fb1
  4. #0f6f9b
  5. #0d5f85
  6. #0b506f
  7. #084058
  8. #063042
  9. #04202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#159fdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #159fdd
  2. #2ca9e0
  3. #44b2e4
  4. #5bbce7
  5. #73c5eb
  6. #8acfee
  7. #a1d9f1
  8. #b9e2f5
  9. #d0ecf8
  10. #e8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#159fdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #159fdd
  2. #209cd4
  3. #2a99ca
  4. #3596c1
  5. #4093b8
  6. #4b90af
  7. #558ca5
  8. #60899c
  9. #6b8693
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7799b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819fe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678edc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669fdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5295dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-159fdd {
  color: #159fdd;
}
Background
.bg-159fdd {
  background-color: #159fdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-159fdd {
  border: 2px solid #159fdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #159fdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 159 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-159fdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #159fdd, #153bdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-159fdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 159 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.42 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.08 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.28 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.54 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.56 #ea6022 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#159fdd  rgb(21, 159, 221)  hsl(199, 83%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#dd5315  rgb(221, 83, 21)  hsl(19, 83%, 47%)  Flame
#dd159f  rgb(221, 21, 159)  hsl(319, 83%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fdd15  rgb(159, 221, 21)  hsl(79, 83%, 47%)  Yellow Green