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#1997DA

#1997da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1997da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 59.22% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.53% cyan, 30.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 200.83°, 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 6.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.51.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.274

Complementary

  1. #1997da
  2. #da5c19

Split complementary

  1. #1997da
  2. #da1937
  3. #dabd19

Analogous

  1. #19dabd
  2. #1997da
  3. #1937da

Triadic

  1. #1997da
  2. #da1997
  3. #97da19

Tetradic

  1. #1997da
  2. #5c19da
  3. #da5c19
  4. #97da19

Square

  1. #1997da
  2. #bd19da
  3. #da5c19
  4. #37da19

Monochromatic

  1. #093851
  2. #116795
  3. #1997da
  4. #54b7eb
  5. #99d4f3

Shades

#1997da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1997da
  2. #1788c4
  3. #1479ae
  4. #126a99
  5. #0f5b83
  6. #0d4c6d
  7. #0a3c57
  8. #082d41
  9. #051e2c
  10. #030f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#1997da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1997da
  2. #30a1de
  3. #47ace1
  4. #5eb6e5
  5. #75c1e9
  6. #8ccbed
  7. #a3d5f0
  8. #bae0f4
  9. #d1eaf8
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1997da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1997da
  2. #2395d1
  3. #2e92c8
  4. #3890bf
  5. #428eb6
  6. #4d8cad
  7. #5789a4
  8. #61879b
  9. #6b8592
  10. #768289
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7292b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7798dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d87d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f98dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b8ed9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a1c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1997da {
  color: #1997da;
}
Background
.bg-1997da {
  background-color: #1997da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1997da {
  border: 2px solid #1997da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1997da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 151 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 79% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1997da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1997da, #1937da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1997da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 151 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.51 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.05 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.33 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.65 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.84 #e66825 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1997da  rgb(25, 151, 218)  hsl(201, 79%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#da5c19  rgb(218, 92, 25)  hsl(21, 79%, 48%)  Flame
#da1997  rgb(218, 25, 151)  hsl(321, 79%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#97da19  rgb(151, 218, 25)  hsl(81, 79%, 48%)  Yellow Green