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#19A8EA

#19a8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#19a8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.32% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.95°, with 83.27% saturation and 50.78% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3415

Complementary

  1. #19a8ea
  2. #ea5b19

Split complementary

  1. #19a8ea
  2. #ea193f
  3. #eac419

Analogous

  1. #19eac4
  2. #19a8ea
  3. #193fea

Triadic

  1. #19a8ea
  2. #ea19a8
  3. #a8ea19

Tetradic

  1. #19a8ea
  2. #5b19ea
  3. #ea5b19
  4. #a8ea19

Square

  1. #19a8ea
  2. #c419ea
  3. #ea5b19
  4. #3fea19

Monochromatic

  1. #094561
  2. #0f77a7
  3. #19a8ea
  4. #5fc3f0
  5. #a5ddf7

Shades

#19a8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #19a8ea
  2. #1797d3
  3. #1486bb
  4. #1276a4
  5. #0f658c
  6. #0d5475
  7. #0a435e
  8. #083246
  9. #05222f
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#19a8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #19a8ea
  2. #30b1ec
  3. #47b9ee
  4. #5ec2f0
  5. #75cbf2
  6. #8cd4f5
  7. #a3dcf7
  8. #bae5f9
  9. #d1eefb
  10. #e8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#19a8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #19a8ea
  2. #23a4df
  3. #2ea0d5
  4. #389cca
  5. #4298c0
  6. #4d94b5
  7. #5790aa
  8. #618ca0
  9. #6b8895
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-19a8ea {
  color: #19a8ea;
}
Background
.bg-19a8ea {
  background-color: #19a8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-19a8ea {
  border: 2px solid #19a8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #19a8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-19a8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #19a8ea, #193fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-19a8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.53 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.73 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.72 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.97 #e65715 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#19a8ea  rgb(25, 168, 234)  hsl(199, 83%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ea5b19  rgb(234, 91, 25)  hsl(19, 83%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ea19a8  rgb(234, 25, 168)  hsl(319, 83%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ea19  rgb(168, 234, 25)  hsl(79, 83%, 51%)  Spring Bud