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#1C97CD

#1c97cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1c97cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.98% red, 59.22% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.34% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.31°, with 75.97% 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 6.36:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2679

Complementary

  1. #1c97cd
  2. #cd521c

Split complementary

  1. #1c97cd
  2. #cd1c3e
  3. #cdab1c

Analogous

  1. #1ccdab
  2. #1c97cd
  3. #1c3ecd

Triadic

  1. #1c97cd
  2. #cd1c97
  3. #97cd1c

Tetradic

  1. #1c97cd
  2. #521ccd
  3. #cd521c
  4. #97cd1c

Square

  1. #1c97cd
  2. #ab1ccd
  3. #cd521c
  4. #3ecd1c

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3446
  2. #13658a
  3. #1c97cd
  4. #4fb8e7
  5. #92d3f0

Shades

#1c97cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1c97cd
  2. #1988b9
  3. #1679a4
  4. #146a90
  5. #115b7b
  6. #0e4c67
  7. #0b3c52
  8. #082d3e
  9. #061e29
  10. #030f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1c97cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1c97cd
  2. #33a1d2
  3. #49acd7
  4. #60b6dc
  5. #77c1e1
  6. #8ecbe6
  7. #a4d5eb
  8. #bbe0f0
  9. #d2eaf5
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1c97cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1c97cd
  2. #2695c5
  3. #3092be
  4. #3a90b6
  5. #448eae
  6. #4e8ca7
  7. #58899f
  8. #628797
  9. #6c858f
  10. #768288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7191ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c96cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6586cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6496cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #528dcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a0b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1c97cd {
  color: #1c97cd;
}
Background
.bg-1c97cd {
  background-color: #1c97cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1c97cd {
  border: 2px solid #1c97cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1c97cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 151 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 76% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1c97cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1c97cd, #1c3ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1c97cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 151 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.89 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.62 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.75 #e36832 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1c97cd  rgb(28, 151, 205)  hsl(198, 76%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#cd521c  rgb(205, 82, 28)  hsl(18, 76%, 46%)  Sinopia
#cd1c97  rgb(205, 28, 151)  hsl(318, 76%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#97cd1c  rgb(151, 205, 28)  hsl(78, 76%, 46%)  Yellow Green