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#1995DA

#1995da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1995da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 58.43% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.53% cyan, 31.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 201.45°, with 79.42% saturation and 47.65% 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 6.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2676

Complementary

  1. #1995da
  2. #da5e19

Split complementary

  1. #1995da
  2. #da1935
  3. #dabf19

Analogous

  1. #19dabf
  2. #1995da
  3. #1935da

Triadic

  1. #1995da
  2. #da1995
  3. #95da19

Tetradic

  1. #1995da
  2. #5e19da
  3. #da5e19
  4. #95da19

Square

  1. #1995da
  2. #bf19da
  3. #da5e19
  4. #35da19

Monochromatic

  1. #093751
  2. #116695
  3. #1995da
  4. #54b5eb
  5. #99d3f3

Shades

#1995da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1995da
  2. #1786c4
  3. #1477ae
  4. #126899
  5. #0f5983
  6. #0d4b6d
  7. #0a3c57
  8. #082d41
  9. #051e2c
  10. #030f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#1995da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1995da
  2. #30a0de
  3. #47aae1
  4. #5eb5e5
  5. #75bfe9
  6. #8ccaed
  7. #a3d5f0
  8. #badff4
  9. #d1eaf8
  10. #e8f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1995da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1995da
  2. #2393d1
  3. #2e91c8
  4. #388fbf
  5. #428db6
  6. #4d8bad
  7. #5788a4
  8. #61869b
  9. #6b8492
  10. #768289
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7190b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7496dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a86d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a6ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d96dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #488cd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a0c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1995da {
  color: #1995da;
}
Background
.bg-1995da {
  background-color: #1995da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1995da {
  border: 2px solid #1995da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1995da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 149 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 79% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1995da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1995da, #1935da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1995da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 149 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.92 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.82 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.55 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.33 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.38 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.47 #e66a25 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1995da  rgb(25, 149, 218)  hsl(201, 79%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#da5e19  rgb(218, 94, 25)  hsl(21, 79%, 48%)  Persimmon
#da1995  rgb(218, 25, 149)  hsl(321, 79%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#95da19  rgb(149, 218, 25)  hsl(81, 79%, 48%)  Yellow Green