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#1699EA

#1699ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1699ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 60% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.6% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 202.92°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% 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 6.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.59.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2889

Complementary

  1. #1699ea
  2. #ea6716

Split complementary

  1. #1699ea
  2. #ea162f
  3. #ead116

Analogous

  1. #16ead1
  2. #1699ea
  3. #162fea

Triadic

  1. #1699ea
  2. #ea1699
  3. #99ea16

Tetradic

  1. #1699ea
  2. #6716ea
  3. #ea6716
  4. #99ea16

Square

  1. #1699ea
  2. #d116ea
  3. #ea6716
  4. #2fea16

Monochromatic

  1. #093e5f
  2. #0f6ba5
  3. #1699ea
  4. #5cb8f0
  5. #a2d6f7

Shades

#1699ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1699ea
  2. #148ad3
  3. #127abb
  4. #0f6ba4
  5. #0d5c8c
  6. #0b4d75
  7. #093d5e
  8. #072e46
  9. #041f2f
  10. #020f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1699ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1699ea
  2. #2da3ec
  3. #45adee
  4. #5cb8f0
  5. #73c2f2
  6. #8bccf5
  7. #a2d6f7
  8. #b9e0f9
  9. #d0ebfb
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1699ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1699ea
  2. #2197df
  3. #2b94d5
  4. #3692ca
  5. #408fc0
  6. #4b8db5
  7. #568aaa
  8. #6088a0
  9. #6b8595
  10. #75838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7595bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #729ced ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #548ae8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b9bec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4390e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1699ea {
  color: #1699ea;
}
Background
.bg-1699ea {
  background-color: #1699ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1699ea {
  border: 2px solid #1699ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1699ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 153 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1699ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1699ea, #162fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1699ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 153 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.40 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.53 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.58 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.84 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.18 #e96615 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1699ea  rgb(22, 153, 234)  hsl(203, 83%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ea6716  rgb(234, 103, 22)  hsl(23, 83%, 50%)  Persimmon
#ea1699  rgb(234, 22, 153)  hsl(323, 83%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#99ea16  rgb(153, 234, 22)  hsl(83, 83%, 50%)  Spring Bud