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#1BAEFF

#1baeff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1baeff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.59% red, 68.24% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.41% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 201.32°, with 100% saturation and 55.29% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.03.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3773

Complementary

  1. #1baeff
  2. #ff6c1b

Split complementary

  1. #1baeff
  2. #ff1b3c
  3. #ffde1b

Analogous

  1. #1bffde
  2. #1baeff
  3. #1b3cff

Triadic

  1. #1baeff
  2. #ff1bae
  3. #aeff1b

Tetradic

  1. #1baeff
  2. #6c1bff
  3. #ff6c1b
  4. #aeff1b

Square

  1. #1baeff
  2. #de1bff
  3. #ff6c1b
  4. #3cff1b

Monochromatic

  1. #005381
  2. #0084cd
  3. #1baeff
  4. #67c9ff
  5. #b4e4ff

Shades

#1baeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1baeff
  2. #189de6
  3. #168bcc
  4. #137ab3
  5. #106899
  6. #0e5780
  7. #0b4666
  8. #08344d
  9. #052333
  10. #03111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#1baeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1baeff
  2. #32b6ff
  3. #49beff
  4. #5fc6ff
  5. #76ceff
  6. #8dd7ff
  7. #a4dfff
  8. #bbe7ff
  9. #d1efff
  10. #e8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1baeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1baeff
  2. #25a9f2
  3. #2fa5e6
  4. #39a0d9
  5. #439ccc
  6. #4e97c0
  7. #5892b3
  8. #628ea6
  9. #6c8999
  10. #76858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a9cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #699dfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6cafff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #54a4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1baeff {
  color: #1baeff;
}
Background
.bg-1baeff {
  background-color: #1baeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1baeff {
  border: 2px solid #1baeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1baeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 27 174 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1baeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1baeff, #1b3cff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1baeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(27 174 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.03 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.38 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.56 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.76 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.01 #e45100 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1baeff  rgb(27, 174, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ff6c1b  rgb(255, 108, 27)  hsl(21, 100%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ff1bae  rgb(255, 27, 174)  hsl(321, 100%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#aeff1b  rgb(174, 255, 27)  hsl(81, 100%, 55%)  Spring Bud