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#1AAAEE

#1aaaee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1aaaee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.2% red, 66.67% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.08% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 199.25°, with 86.18% saturation and 51.76% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3514

Complementary

  1. #1aaaee
  2. #ee5e1a

Split complementary

  1. #1aaaee
  2. #ee1a40
  3. #eec81a

Analogous

  1. #1aeec8
  2. #1aaaee
  3. #1a40ee

Triadic

  1. #1aaaee
  2. #ee1aaa
  3. #aaee1a

Tetradic

  1. #1aaaee
  2. #5e1aee
  3. #ee5e1a
  4. #aaee1a

Square

  1. #1aaaee
  2. #c81aee
  3. #ee5e1a
  4. #40ee1a

Monochromatic

  1. #084967
  2. #0d7baf
  3. #1aaaee
  4. #61c4f3
  5. #a8dff9

Shades

#1aaaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1aaaee
  2. #1799d6
  3. #1588be
  4. #1277a7
  5. #10668f
  6. #0d5577
  7. #0a445f
  8. #083347
  9. #052230
  10. #031118
  11. #000000

Tints

#1aaaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1aaaee
  2. #31b3f0
  3. #48bbf1
  4. #5fc4f3
  5. #76ccf5
  6. #8dd5f7
  7. #a3ddf8
  8. #bae6fa
  9. #d1eefc
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1aaaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1aaaee
  2. #24a6e3
  3. #2ea2d8
  4. #399dcd
  5. #4399c2
  6. #4d95b7
  7. #5791ac
  8. #618da1
  9. #6c8896
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a4c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89aaf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e98ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6daaf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589fed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1aaaee {
  color: #1aaaee;
}
Background
.bg-1aaaee {
  background-color: #1aaaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1aaaee {
  border: 2px solid #1aaaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1aaaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 26 170 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1aaaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1aaaee, #1a40ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1aaaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(26 170 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.56 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.28 #e55511 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1aaaee  rgb(26, 170, 238)  hsl(199, 86%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ee5e1a  rgb(238, 94, 26)  hsl(19, 86%, 52%)  Persimmon
#ee1aaa  rgb(238, 26, 170)  hsl(319, 86%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#aaee1a  rgb(170, 238, 26)  hsl(79, 86%, 52%)  Spring Bud