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#199CCD

#199ccd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#199ccd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 61.18% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.8% cyan, 23.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.33°, 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 6.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.39.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2839

Complementary

  1. #199ccd
  2. #cd4a19

Split complementary

  1. #199ccd
  2. #cd1942
  3. #cda419

Analogous

  1. #19cda4
  2. #199ccd
  3. #1942cd

Triadic

  1. #199ccd
  2. #cd199c
  3. #9ccd19

Tetradic

  1. #199ccd
  2. #4a19cd
  3. #cd4a19
  4. #9ccd19

Square

  1. #199ccd
  2. #a419cd
  3. #cd4a19
  4. #42cd19

Monochromatic

  1. #083445
  2. #116889
  3. #199ccd
  4. #4abee9
  5. #8ed6f1

Shades

#199ccd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #199ccd
  2. #178cb9
  3. #147da4
  4. #126d90
  5. #0f5e7b
  6. #0d4e67
  7. #0a3e52
  8. #082f3e
  9. #051f29
  10. #031015
  11. #000000

Tints

#199ccd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #199ccd
  2. #30a6d2
  3. #47b0d7
  4. #5ebadc
  5. #75c4e1
  6. #8ccee6
  7. #a3d7eb
  8. #bae1f0
  9. #d1ebf5
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#199ccd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #199ccd
  2. #2399c5
  3. #2e96be
  4. #3894b6
  5. #4291ae
  6. #4d8ea7
  7. #578b9f
  8. #618897
  9. #6b868f
  10. #768388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7496ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839acf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c8acc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689bce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5792cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-199ccd {
  color: #199ccd;
}
Background
.bg-199ccd {
  background-color: #199ccd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-199ccd {
  border: 2px solid #199ccd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #199ccd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 156 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-199ccd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #199ccd, #1942cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-199ccd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 156 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.39 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.68 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.69 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.33 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.52 #e66332 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#199ccd  rgb(25, 156, 205)  hsl(196, 78%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#cd4a19  rgb(205, 74, 25)  hsl(16, 78%, 45%)  Sinopia
#cd199c  rgb(205, 25, 156)  hsl(316, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ccd19  rgb(156, 205, 25)  hsl(76, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green