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#1AA7EA

#1aa7ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1aa7ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.2% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.89% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.33°, with 83.2% saturation and 50.98% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.338

Complementary

  1. #1aa7ea
  2. #ea5d1a

Split complementary

  1. #1aa7ea
  2. #ea1a3f
  3. #eac51a

Analogous

  1. #1aeac5
  2. #1aa7ea
  3. #1a3fea

Triadic

  1. #1aa7ea
  2. #ea1aa7
  3. #a7ea1a

Tetradic

  1. #1aa7ea
  2. #5d1aea
  3. #ea5d1a
  4. #a7ea1a

Square

  1. #1aa7ea
  2. #c51aea
  3. #ea5d1a
  4. #3fea1a

Monochromatic

  1. #094562
  2. #0f77a8
  3. #1aa7ea
  4. #60c2f0
  5. #a6ddf7

Shades

#1aa7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1aa7ea
  2. #1796d3
  3. #1586bb
  4. #1275a4
  5. #10648c
  6. #0d5475
  7. #0a435e
  8. #083246
  9. #05212f
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#1aa7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1aa7ea
  2. #31b0ec
  3. #48b9ee
  4. #5fc1f0
  5. #76caf2
  6. #8dd3f5
  7. #a3dcf7
  8. #bae5f9
  9. #d1edfb
  10. #e8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1aa7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1aa7ea
  2. #24a3df
  3. #2e9fd5
  4. #399bca
  5. #4397c0
  6. #4d94b5
  7. #5790aa
  8. #618ca0
  9. #6c8895
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea1c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a7ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba7ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1aa7ea {
  color: #1aa7ea;
}
Background
.bg-1aa7ea {
  background-color: #1aa7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1aa7ea {
  border: 2px solid #1aa7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1aa7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 26 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1aa7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1aa7ea, #1a3fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1aa7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(26 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.98 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.02 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.30 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.57 #e55815 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1aa7ea  rgb(26, 167, 234)  hsl(199, 83%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ea5d1a  rgb(234, 93, 26)  hsl(19, 83%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ea1aa7  rgb(234, 26, 167)  hsl(319, 83%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#a7ea1a  rgb(167, 234, 26)  hsl(79, 83%, 51%)  Spring Bud