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#1CA4FF

#1ca4ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1ca4ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.02% cyan, 35.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204.05°, with 100% saturation and 55.49% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.06.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3402

Complementary

  1. #1ca4ff
  2. #ff771c

Split complementary

  1. #1ca4ff
  2. #ff1c33
  3. #ffe81c

Analogous

  1. #1cffe8
  2. #1ca4ff
  3. #1c33ff

Triadic

  1. #1ca4ff
  2. #ff1ca4
  3. #a4ff1c

Tetradic

  1. #1ca4ff
  2. #771cff
  3. #ff771c
  4. #a4ff1c

Square

  1. #1ca4ff
  2. #e81cff
  3. #ff771c
  4. #33ff1c

Monochromatic

  1. #004e82
  2. #007cce
  3. #1ca4ff
  4. #68c3ff
  5. #b5e1ff

Shades

#1ca4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1ca4ff
  2. #1994e6
  3. #1683cc
  4. #1473b3
  5. #116299
  6. #0e5280
  7. #0b4266
  8. #08314d
  9. #062133
  10. #03101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#1ca4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1ca4ff
  2. #33adff
  3. #49b6ff
  4. #60bfff
  5. #77c8ff
  6. #8ed2ff
  7. #a4dbff
  8. #bbe4ff
  9. #d2edff
  10. #e8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1ca4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1ca4ff
  2. #26a0f2
  3. #309de6
  4. #3a99d9
  5. #4496cc
  6. #4e92c0
  7. #588eb3
  8. #628ba6
  9. #6c8799
  10. #76848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea0cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5795fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #479bfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1ca4ff {
  color: #1ca4ff;
}
Background
.bg-1ca4ff {
  background-color: #1ca4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1ca4ff {
  border: 2px solid #1ca4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1ca4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 164 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1ca4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1ca4ff, #1c33ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1ca4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 164 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.75 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.14 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.81 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.23 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.42 #e35b00 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1ca4ff  rgb(28, 164, 255)  hsl(204, 100%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ff771c  rgb(255, 119, 28)  hsl(24, 100%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ff1ca4  rgb(255, 28, 164)  hsl(324, 100%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a4ff1c  rgb(164, 255, 28)  hsl(84, 100%, 55%)  Green Yellow