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#199AEE

#199aee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#199aee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 60.39% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.5% cyan, 35.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 203.66°, with 86.23% saturation and 51.57% 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 6.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.6.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2949

Complementary

  1. #199aee
  2. #ee6d19

Split complementary

  1. #199aee
  2. #ee1930
  3. #eed719

Analogous

  1. #19eed7
  2. #199aee
  3. #1930ee

Triadic

  1. #199aee
  2. #ee199a
  3. #9aee19

Tetradic

  1. #199aee
  2. #6d19ee
  3. #ee6d19
  4. #9aee19

Square

  1. #199aee
  2. #d719ee
  3. #ee6d19
  4. #30ee19

Monochromatic

  1. #084166
  2. #0d6eae
  3. #199aee
  4. #60b9f3
  5. #a7d9f9

Shades

#199aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #199aee
  2. #178bd6
  3. #147bbe
  4. #126ca7
  5. #0f5c8f
  6. #0d4d77
  7. #0a3e5f
  8. #082e47
  9. #051f30
  10. #030f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#199aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #199aee
  2. #30a4f0
  3. #47aef1
  4. #5eb8f3
  5. #75c2f5
  6. #8ccdf7
  7. #a3d7f8
  8. #bae1fa
  9. #d1ebfc
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#199aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #199aee
  2. #2397e3
  3. #2e95d8
  4. #3892cd
  5. #4290c2
  6. #4d8db7
  7. #578aac
  8. #6188a1
  9. #6b8596
  10. #76838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7696bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719ef2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #538cec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b9cf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4392ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-199aee {
  color: #199aee;
}
Background
.bg-199aee {
  background-color: #199aee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-199aee {
  border: 2px solid #199aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #199aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 154 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 86% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-199aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #199aee, #1930ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-199aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 154 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.14 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.53 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.55 #e66511 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#199aee  rgb(25, 154, 238)  hsl(204, 86%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ee6d19  rgb(238, 109, 25)  hsl(24, 86%, 52%)  Pumpkin
#ee199a  rgb(238, 25, 154)  hsl(324, 86%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#9aee19  rgb(154, 238, 25)  hsl(84, 86%, 52%)  Spring Bud