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#159FE2

#159fe2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#159fe2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.71% cyan, 29.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 199.61°, with 83% saturation and 48.43% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.77.

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Relative luminance0.3045

Complementary

  1. #159fe2
  2. #e25815

Split complementary

  1. #159fe2
  2. #e21538
  3. #e2be15

Analogous

  1. #15e2be
  2. #159fe2
  3. #1538e2

Triadic

  1. #159fe2
  2. #e2159f
  3. #9fe215

Tetradic

  1. #159fe2
  2. #5815e2
  3. #e25815
  4. #9fe215

Square

  1. #159fe2
  2. #be15e2
  3. #e25815
  4. #38e215

Monochromatic

  1. #083d56
  2. #0e6e9c
  3. #159fe2
  4. #54bdef
  5. #9ad8f6

Shades

#159fe2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #159fe2
  2. #138fcb
  3. #117fb5
  4. #0f6f9e
  5. #0d5f88
  6. #0b5071
  7. #08405a
  8. #063044
  9. #04202d
  10. #021017
  11. #000000

Tints

#159fe2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #159fe2
  2. #2ca9e5
  3. #44b2e8
  4. #5bbceb
  5. #73c5ee
  6. #8acff1
  7. #a1d9f3
  8. #b9e2f6
  9. #d0ecf9
  10. #e8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#159fe2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #159fe2
  2. #209cd8
  3. #2a99ce
  4. #3596c5
  5. #4093bb
  6. #4b90b1
  7. #558ca7
  8. #60899d
  9. #6b8694
  10. #75838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779ab9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9fe5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648ee1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659fe4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5095e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-159fe2 {
  color: #159fe2;
}
Background
.bg-159fe2 {
  background-color: #159fe2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-159fe2 {
  border: 2px solid #159fe2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #159fe2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 159 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 83% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-159fe2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #159fe2, #1538e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-159fe2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 159 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.22 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.66 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.42 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.10 #ea601d Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#159fe2  rgb(21, 159, 226)  hsl(200, 83%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#e25815  rgb(226, 88, 21)  hsl(20, 83%, 48%)  Flame
#e2159f  rgb(226, 21, 159)  hsl(320, 83%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fe215  rgb(159, 226, 21)  hsl(80, 83%, 48%)  Inchworm