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#1B95CE

#1b95ce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1b95ce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.59% red, 58.43% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.89% cyan, 27.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 199.11°, with 76.82% saturation and 45.69% 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 6.24:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.22.

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Relative luminance0.2618

Complementary

  1. #1b95ce
  2. #ce541b

Split complementary

  1. #1b95ce
  2. #ce1b3b
  3. #ceae1b

Analogous

  1. #1bceae
  2. #1b95ce
  3. #1b3bce

Triadic

  1. #1b95ce
  2. #ce1b95
  3. #95ce1b

Tetradic

  1. #1b95ce
  2. #541bce
  3. #ce541b
  4. #95ce1b

Square

  1. #1b95ce
  2. #ae1bce
  3. #ce541b
  4. #3bce1b

Monochromatic

  1. #093347
  2. #12648a
  3. #1b95ce
  4. #4eb7e8
  5. #91d2f1

Shades

#1b95ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1b95ce
  2. #1886b9
  3. #1677a5
  4. #136890
  5. #10597c
  6. #0e4b67
  7. #0b3c52
  8. #082d3e
  9. #051e29
  10. #030f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1b95ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1b95ce
  2. #32a0d3
  3. #49aad8
  4. #5fb5dd
  5. #76bfe2
  6. #8dcae7
  7. #a4d5eb
  8. #bbdff0
  9. #d1eaf5
  10. #e8f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1b95ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1b95ce
  2. #2593c6
  3. #2f91be
  4. #398fb7
  5. #438daf
  6. #4e8ba7
  7. #58889f
  8. #628697
  9. #6c8490
  10. #768288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7090aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7995d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6285cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6195d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f8ccd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1b95ce {
  color: #1b95ce;
}
Background
.bg-1b95ce {
  background-color: #1b95ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1b95ce {
  border: 2px solid #1b95ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1b95ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 27 149 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 77% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1b95ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1b95ce, #1b3bce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1b95ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(27 149 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.22 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.88 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.87 #e46a31 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1b95ce  rgb(27, 149, 206)  hsl(199, 77%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ce541b  rgb(206, 84, 27)  hsl(19, 77%, 46%)  Burnt Orange
#ce1b95  rgb(206, 27, 149)  hsl(319, 77%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#95ce1b  rgb(149, 206, 27)  hsl(79, 77%, 46%)  Yellow Green