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#15ACEE

#15acee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#15acee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.24% red, 67.45% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.18% cyan, 27.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 198.25°, 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.36.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3584

Complementary

  1. #15acee
  2. #ee5715

Split complementary

  1. #15acee
  2. #ee153f
  3. #eec315

Analogous

  1. #15eec3
  2. #15acee
  3. #153fee

Triadic

  1. #15acee
  2. #ee15ac
  3. #acee15

Tetradic

  1. #15acee
  2. #5715ee
  3. #ee5715
  4. #acee15

Square

  1. #15acee
  2. #c315ee
  3. #ee5715
  4. #3fee15

Monochromatic

  1. #074763
  2. #0c7aaa
  3. #15acee
  4. #5cc5f3
  5. #a4dff8

Shades

#15acee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #15acee
  2. #139bd6
  3. #118abe
  4. #0f78a7
  5. #0d678f
  6. #0b5677
  7. #08455f
  8. #063447
  9. #042230
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#15acee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #15acee
  2. #2cb4f0
  3. #44bdf1
  4. #5bc5f3
  5. #73cdf5
  6. #8ad6f7
  7. #a1def8
  8. #b9e6fa
  9. #d0eefc
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#15acee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #15acee
  2. #20a8e3
  3. #2aa3d8
  4. #359fcd
  5. #409ac2
  6. #4b96b7
  7. #5592ac
  8. #608da1
  9. #6b8996
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cacf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7099ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6facf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59a1ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-15acee {
  color: #15acee;
}
Background
.bg-15acee {
  background-color: #15acee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-15acee {
  border: 2px solid #15acee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #15acee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 172 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-15acee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #15acee, #153fee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-15acee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 172 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.36 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.45 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.42 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.95 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.36 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.48 #ea5311 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#15acee  rgb(21, 172, 238)  hsl(198, 86%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ee5715  rgb(238, 87, 21)  hsl(18, 86%, 51%)  Tangelo
#ee15ac  rgb(238, 21, 172)  hsl(318, 86%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#acee15  rgb(172, 238, 21)  hsl(78, 86%, 51%)  Spring Bud