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#1CA4DA

#1ca4da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1ca4da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.98% red, 64.31% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.16% cyan, 24.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 197.05°, with 77.24% saturation and 48.24% 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 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3186

Complementary

  1. #1ca4da
  2. #da521c

Split complementary

  1. #1ca4da
  2. #da1c45
  3. #dab11c

Analogous

  1. #1cdab1
  2. #1ca4da
  3. #1c45da

Triadic

  1. #1ca4da
  2. #da1ca4
  3. #a4da1c

Tetradic

  1. #1ca4da
  2. #521cda
  3. #da521c
  4. #a4da1c

Square

  1. #1ca4da
  2. #b11cda
  3. #da521c
  4. #45da1c

Monochromatic

  1. #0b3e52
  2. #137196
  3. #1ca4da
  4. #59c1ea
  5. #9ddaf2

Shades

#1ca4da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1ca4da
  2. #1994c4
  3. #1683ae
  4. #147399
  5. #116283
  6. #0e526d
  7. #0b4257
  8. #083141
  9. #06212c
  10. #031016
  11. #000000

Tints

#1ca4da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1ca4da
  2. #33adde
  3. #49b6e1
  4. #60bfe5
  5. #77c8e9
  6. #8ed2ed
  7. #a4dbf0
  8. #bbe4f4
  9. #d2edf8
  10. #e8f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1ca4da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1ca4da
  2. #26a0d1
  3. #309dc8
  4. #3a99bf
  5. #4496b6
  6. #4e92ad
  7. #588ea4
  8. #628b9b
  9. #6c8792
  10. #768489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9eb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a2dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7192d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da3dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a99da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1ca4da {
  color: #1ca4da;
}
Background
.bg-1ca4da {
  background-color: #1ca4da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1ca4da {
  border: 2px solid #1ca4da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1ca4da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 164 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 77% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1ca4da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1ca4da, #1c45da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1ca4da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 164 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.56 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.69 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.45 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.59 #e35b25 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1ca4da  rgb(28, 164, 218)  hsl(197, 77%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#da521c  rgb(218, 82, 28)  hsl(17, 77%, 48%)  Flame
#da1ca4  rgb(218, 28, 164)  hsl(317, 77%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#a4da1c  rgb(164, 218, 28)  hsl(77, 77%, 48%)  Yellow Green