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#159FDE

#159fde ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#159fde 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.54% cyan, 28.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 198.81°, with 82.72% saturation and 47.65% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.3023

Complementary

  1. #159fde
  2. #de5415

Split complementary

  1. #159fde
  2. #de153a
  3. #deb915

Analogous

  1. #15deb9
  2. #159fde
  3. #153ade

Triadic

  1. #159fde
  2. #de159f
  3. #9fde15

Tetradic

  1. #159fde
  2. #5415de
  3. #de5415
  4. #9fde15

Square

  1. #159fde
  2. #b915de
  3. #de5415
  4. #3ade15

Monochromatic

  1. #083b52
  2. #0e6d98
  3. #159fde
  4. #51bdef
  5. #97d8f5

Shades

#159fde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #159fde
  2. #138fc8
  3. #117fb2
  4. #0f6f9b
  5. #0d5f85
  6. #0b506f
  7. #084059
  8. #063043
  9. #04202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#159fde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #159fde
  2. #2ca9e1
  3. #44b2e5
  4. #5bbce8
  5. #73c5eb
  6. #8acfef
  7. #a1d9f2
  8. #b9e2f5
  9. #d0ecf8
  10. #e8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#159fde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #159fde
  2. #209cd5
  3. #2a99cb
  4. #3596c2
  5. #4093b8
  6. #4b90af
  7. #558ca6
  8. #60899c
  9. #6b8693
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7799b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809fe1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678edd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669fe0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5295dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-159fde {
  color: #159fde;
}
Background
.bg-159fde {
  background-color: #159fde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-159fde {
  border: 2px solid #159fde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #159fde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 159 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-159fde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #159fde, #153ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-159fde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 159 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.13 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.23 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.66 #ea6021 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#159fde  rgb(21, 159, 222)  hsl(199, 83%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#de5415  rgb(222, 84, 21)  hsl(19, 83%, 48%)  Flame
#de159f  rgb(222, 21, 159)  hsl(319, 83%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fde15  rgb(159, 222, 21)  hsl(79, 83%, 48%)  Yellow Green