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#1699D2

#1699d2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1699d2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 60% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.52% cyan, 27.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 198.19°, with 81.03% saturation and 45.49% 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 6.52:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.7.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2761

Complementary

  1. #1699d2
  2. #d24f16

Split complementary

  1. #1699d2
  2. #d2163b
  3. #d2ad16

Analogous

  1. #16d2ad
  2. #1699d2
  3. #163bd2

Triadic

  1. #1699d2
  2. #d21699
  3. #99d216

Tetradic

  1. #1699d2
  2. #4f16d2
  3. #d24f16
  4. #99d216

Square

  1. #1699d2
  2. #ad16d2
  3. #d24f16
  4. #3bd216

Monochromatic

  1. #073448
  2. #0f678d
  3. #1699d2
  4. #49baec
  5. #8ed4f3

Shades

#1699d2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1699d2
  2. #148abd
  3. #127aa8
  4. #0f6b93
  5. #0d5c7e
  6. #0b4d69
  7. #093d54
  8. #072e3f
  9. #041f2a
  10. #020f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1699d2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1699d2
  2. #2da3d7
  3. #45addb
  4. #5cb8e0
  5. #73c2e4
  6. #8bcce9
  7. #a2d6ed
  8. #b9e0f2
  9. #d0ebf6
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1699d2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1699d2
  2. #2197ca
  3. #2b94c2
  4. #3692b9
  5. #408fb1
  6. #4b8da9
  7. #568aa1
  8. #608899
  9. #6b8590
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7293ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d98d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6588d1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6399d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #518fd1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1699d2 {
  color: #1699d2;
}
Background
.bg-1699d2 {
  background-color: #1699d2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1699d2 {
  border: 2px solid #1699d2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1699d2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 153 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 81% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1699d2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1699d2, #163bd2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1699d2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 153 210 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.70 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.30 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.43 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.81 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.55 #e9662d Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1699d2  rgb(22, 153, 210)  hsl(198, 81%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#d24f16  rgb(210, 79, 22)  hsl(18, 81%, 45%)  Sinopia
#d21699  rgb(210, 22, 153)  hsl(318, 81%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#99d216  rgb(153, 210, 22)  hsl(78, 81%, 45%)  Yellow Green