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#1995DC

#1995dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1995dc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.64% cyan, 32.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 201.85°, with 79.59% saturation and 48.04% 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 6.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.94.

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Relative luminance0.2687

Complementary

  1. #1995dc
  2. #dc6019

Split complementary

  1. #1995dc
  2. #dc1933
  3. #dcc219

Analogous

  1. #19dcc2
  2. #1995dc
  3. #1933dc

Triadic

  1. #1995dc
  2. #dc1995
  3. #95dc19

Tetradic

  1. #1995dc
  2. #6019dc
  3. #dc6019
  4. #95dc19

Square

  1. #1995dc
  2. #c219dc
  3. #dc6019
  4. #33dc19

Monochromatic

  1. #093853
  2. #116697
  3. #1995dc
  4. #56b5ec
  5. #9ad3f4

Shades

#1995dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1995dc
  2. #1786c6
  3. #1477b0
  4. #12689a
  5. #0f5984
  6. #0d4b6e
  7. #0a3c58
  8. #082d42
  9. #051e2c
  10. #030f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#1995dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1995dc
  2. #30a0e0
  3. #47aae3
  4. #5eb5e7
  5. #75bfea
  6. #8ccaee
  7. #a3d5f1
  8. #badff5
  9. #d1eaf8
  10. #e8f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1995dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1995dc
  2. #2393d3
  3. #2e91ca
  4. #388fc0
  5. #428db7
  6. #4d8bae
  7. #5788a5
  8. #61869c
  9. #6b8492
  10. #768289
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7191b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7397df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5986db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c96de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #478cdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a0c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1995dc {
  color: #1995dc;
}
Background
.bg-1995dc {
  background-color: #1995dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1995dc {
  border: 2px solid #1995dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1995dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 149 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 80% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1995dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1995dc, #1933dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1995dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 149 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.20 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.28 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.60 #e66a23 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1995dc  rgb(25, 149, 220)  hsl(202, 80%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#dc6019  rgb(220, 96, 25)  hsl(22, 80%, 48%)  Persimmon
#dc1995  rgb(220, 25, 149)  hsl(322, 80%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#95dc19  rgb(149, 220, 25)  hsl(82, 80%, 48%)  Yellow Green