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#1CAADD

#1caadd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1caadd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.98% red, 66.67% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.33% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 195.85°, with 77.51% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.95.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3422

Complementary

  1. #1caadd
  2. #dd4f1c

Split complementary

  1. #1caadd
  2. #dd1c4a
  3. #ddaf1c

Analogous

  1. #1cddaf
  2. #1caadd
  3. #1c4add

Triadic

  1. #1caadd
  2. #dd1caa
  3. #aadd1c

Tetradic

  1. #1caadd
  2. #4f1cdd
  3. #dd4f1c
  4. #aadd1c

Square

  1. #1caadd
  2. #af1cdd
  3. #dd4f1c
  4. #4add1c

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4255
  2. #137699
  3. #1caadd
  4. #5bc4ea
  5. #9fddf3

Shades

#1caadd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1caadd
  2. #1999c7
  3. #1688b1
  4. #14779b
  5. #116685
  6. #0e556f
  7. #0b4458
  8. #083342
  9. #06222c
  10. #031116
  11. #000000

Tints

#1caadd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1caadd
  2. #33b3e0
  3. #49bbe4
  4. #60c4e7
  5. #77cceb
  6. #8ed5ee
  7. #a4ddf1
  8. #bbe6f5
  9. #d2eef8
  10. #e8f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1caadd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1caadd
  2. #26a6d4
  3. #30a2ca
  4. #3a9dc1
  5. #4499b8
  6. #4e95af
  7. #5891a5
  8. #628d9c
  9. #6c8893
  10. #768489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa8df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7797dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73a9de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609fdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1caadd {
  color: #1caadd;
}
Background
.bg-1caadd {
  background-color: #1caadd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1caadd {
  border: 2px solid #1caadd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1caadd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 170 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 78% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1caadd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1caadd, #1c4add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1caadd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 170 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.95 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.59 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.83 #e35522 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1caadd  rgb(28, 170, 221)  hsl(196, 78%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#dd4f1c  rgb(221, 79, 28)  hsl(16, 78%, 49%)  Flame
#dd1caa  rgb(221, 28, 170)  hsl(316, 78%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#aadd1c  rgb(170, 221, 28)  hsl(76, 78%, 49%)  Yellow Green