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#1CA4EE

#1ca4ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1ca4ee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.98% red, 64.31% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.24% cyan, 31.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 201.14°, with 86.07% saturation and 52.16% 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 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.02.

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Relative luminance0.3297

Complementary

  1. #1ca4ee
  2. #ee661c

Split complementary

  1. #1ca4ee
  2. #ee1c3b
  3. #eecf1c

Analogous

  1. #1ceecf
  2. #1ca4ee
  3. #1c3bee

Triadic

  1. #1ca4ee
  2. #ee1ca4
  3. #a4ee1c

Tetradic

  1. #1ca4ee
  2. #661cee
  3. #ee661c
  4. #a4ee1c

Square

  1. #1ca4ee
  2. #cf1cee
  3. #ee661c
  4. #3bee1c

Monochromatic

  1. #084769
  2. #0d77b0
  3. #1ca4ee
  4. #63c1f3
  5. #aaddf9

Shades

#1ca4ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1ca4ee
  2. #1994d6
  3. #1683be
  4. #1473a7
  5. #11628f
  6. #0e5277
  7. #0b425f
  8. #083147
  9. #062130
  10. #031018
  11. #000000

Tints

#1ca4ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1ca4ee
  2. #33adf0
  3. #49b6f1
  4. #60bff3
  5. #77c8f5
  6. #8ed2f7
  7. #a4dbf8
  8. #bbe4fa
  9. #d2edfc
  10. #e8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1ca4ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1ca4ee
  2. #26a0e3
  3. #309dd8
  4. #3a99cd
  5. #4496c2
  6. #4e92b7
  7. #588eac
  8. #628ba1
  9. #6c8796
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9fc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6593ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a5f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #519aed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1ca4ee {
  color: #1ca4ee;
}
Background
.bg-1ca4ee {
  background-color: #1ca4ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1ca4ee {
  border: 2px solid #1ca4ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1ca4ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 164 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 86% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1ca4ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1ca4ee, #1c3bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1ca4ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 164 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.02 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.74 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.03 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.36 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.07 #e35b11 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1ca4ee  rgb(28, 164, 238)  hsl(201, 86%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ee661c  rgb(238, 102, 28)  hsl(21, 86%, 52%)  Persimmon
#ee1ca4  rgb(238, 28, 164)  hsl(321, 86%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#a4ee1c  rgb(164, 238, 28)  hsl(81, 86%, 52%)  Spring Bud