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#199FFA

#199ffa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#199ffa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 62.35% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90% cyan, 36.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.27°, with 95.74% saturation and 53.92% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.81.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3191

Complementary

  1. #199ffa
  2. #fa7419

Split complementary

  1. #199ffa
  2. #fa192e
  3. #fae519

Analogous

  1. #19fae5
  2. #199ffa
  3. #192efa

Triadic

  1. #199ffa
  2. #fa199f
  3. #9ffa19

Tetradic

  1. #199ffa
  2. #7419fa
  3. #fa7419
  4. #9ffa19

Square

  1. #199ffa
  2. #e519fa
  3. #fa7419
  4. #2efa19

Monochromatic

  1. #034877
  2. #0475c2
  3. #199ffa
  4. #64befc
  5. #afddfd

Shades

#199ffa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #199ffa
  2. #178fe1
  3. #147fc8
  4. #126faf
  5. #0f5f96
  6. #0d507d
  7. #0a4064
  8. #08304b
  9. #052032
  10. #031019
  11. #000000

Tints

#199ffa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #199ffa
  2. #30a9fb
  3. #47b2fb
  4. #5ebcfc
  5. #75c5fc
  6. #8ccffd
  7. #a3d9fd
  8. #bae2fe
  9. #d1ecfe
  10. #e8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#199ffa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #199ffa
  2. #239cee
  3. #2e99e2
  4. #3896d5
  5. #4293c9
  6. #4d90bd
  7. #578cb1
  8. #6189a5
  9. #6b8698
  10. #76838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9cc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73a3fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5291f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ca2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4297f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-199ffa {
  color: #199ffa;
}
Background
.bg-199ffa {
  background-color: #199ffa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-199ffa {
  border: 2px solid #199ffa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #199ffa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 159 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-199ffa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #199ffa, #192efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-199ffa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 159 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.88 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.76 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.53 #e66005 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#199ffa  rgb(25, 159, 250)  hsl(204, 96%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#fa7419  rgb(250, 116, 25)  hsl(24, 96%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#fa199f  rgb(250, 25, 159)  hsl(324, 96%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9ffa19  rgb(159, 250, 25)  hsl(84, 96%, 54%)  Spring Bud