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#1692CA

#1692ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1692ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 57.25% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.11% cyan, 27.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 198.67°, with 80.36% saturation and 43.92% 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 6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.09.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2499

Complementary

  1. #1692ca
  2. #ca4e16

Split complementary

  1. #1692ca
  2. #ca1638
  3. #caa816

Analogous

  1. #16caa8
  2. #1692ca
  3. #1638ca

Triadic

  1. #1692ca
  2. #ca1692
  3. #92ca16

Tetradic

  1. #1692ca
  2. #4e16ca
  3. #ca4e16
  4. #92ca16

Square

  1. #1692ca
  2. #a816ca
  3. #ca4e16
  4. #38ca16

Monochromatic

  1. #072e40
  2. #0e6085
  3. #1692ca
  4. #42b6ea
  5. #87d1f2

Shades

#1692ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1692ca
  2. #1483b6
  3. #1275a2
  4. #0f668d
  5. #0d5879
  6. #0b4965
  7. #093a51
  8. #072c3d
  9. #041d28
  10. #020f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1692ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1692ca
  2. #2d9dcf
  3. #45a8d5
  4. #5cb3da
  5. #73bedf
  6. #8bc9e5
  7. #a2d3ea
  8. #b9deef
  9. #d0e9f4
  10. #e8f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1692ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1692ca
  2. #2190c3
  3. #2b8ebb
  4. #368db4
  5. #408bac
  6. #4b89a5
  7. #56879e
  8. #608596
  9. #6b848f
  10. #758287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8da7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7692cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f82c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e92cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c89c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009bb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1692ca {
  color: #1692ca;
}
Background
.bg-1692ca {
  background-color: #1692ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1692ca {
  border: 2px solid #1692ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1692ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 146 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1692ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1692ca, #1638ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1692ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 146 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.09 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.22 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.27 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.48 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.86 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.08 #e96d35 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1692ca  rgb(22, 146, 202)  hsl(199, 80%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#ca4e16  rgb(202, 78, 22)  hsl(19, 80%, 44%)  Sinopia
#ca1692  rgb(202, 22, 146)  hsl(319, 80%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#92ca16  rgb(146, 202, 22)  hsl(79, 80%, 44%)  Yellow Green