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#1995CD

#1995cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1995cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 58.43% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.8% cyan, 27.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.67°, with 78.26% saturation and 45.1% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.36.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2611

Complementary

  1. #1995cd
  2. #cd5119

Split complementary

  1. #1995cd
  2. #cd193b
  3. #cdab19

Analogous

  1. #19cdab
  2. #1995cd
  3. #193bcd

Triadic

  1. #1995cd
  2. #cd1995
  3. #95cd19

Tetradic

  1. #1995cd
  2. #5119cd
  3. #cd5119
  4. #95cd19

Square

  1. #1995cd
  2. #ab19cd
  3. #cd5119
  4. #3bcd19

Monochromatic

  1. #083245
  2. #116389
  3. #1995cd
  4. #4ab7e9
  5. #8ed2f1

Shades

#1995cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1995cd
  2. #1786b9
  3. #1477a4
  4. #126890
  5. #0f597b
  6. #0d4b67
  7. #0a3c52
  8. #082d3e
  9. #051e29
  10. #030f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1995cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1995cd
  2. #30a0d2
  3. #47aad7
  4. #5eb5dc
  5. #75bfe1
  6. #8ccae6
  7. #a3d5eb
  8. #badff0
  9. #d1eaf5
  10. #e8f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1995cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1995cd
  2. #2393c5
  3. #2e91be
  4. #388fb6
  5. #428dae
  6. #4d8ba7
  7. #57889f
  8. #618697
  9. #6b848f
  10. #768288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7090aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7994d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6285cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6195cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f8ccc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1995cd {
  color: #1995cd;
}
Background
.bg-1995cd {
  background-color: #1995cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1995cd {
  border: 2px solid #1995cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1995cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 149 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1995cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1995cd, #193bcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1995cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 149 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.36 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.38 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.64 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.19 #e66a32 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1995cd  rgb(25, 149, 205)  hsl(199, 78%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#cd5119  rgb(205, 81, 25)  hsl(19, 78%, 45%)  Sinopia
#cd1995  rgb(205, 25, 149)  hsl(319, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#95cd19  rgb(149, 205, 25)  hsl(79, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green