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#1CAAE7

#1caae7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1caae7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.88% cyan, 26.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 198.03°, with 80.88% saturation and 50.78% 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 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.99.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3477

Complementary

  1. #1caae7
  2. #e7591c

Split complementary

  1. #1caae7
  2. #e71c44
  3. #e7be1c

Analogous

  1. #1ce7be
  2. #1caae7
  3. #1c44e7

Triadic

  1. #1caae7
  2. #e71caa
  3. #aae71c

Tetradic

  1. #1caae7
  2. #591ce7
  3. #e7591c
  4. #aae71c

Square

  1. #1caae7
  2. #be1ce7
  3. #e7591c
  4. #44e71c

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4660
  2. #1179a5
  3. #1caae7
  4. #61c4ee
  5. #a6def6

Shades

#1caae7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1caae7
  2. #1999d0
  3. #1688b9
  4. #1477a2
  5. #11668b
  6. #0e5574
  7. #0b445c
  8. #083345
  9. #06222e
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#1caae7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1caae7
  2. #33b3e9
  3. #49bbec
  4. #60c4ee
  5. #77ccf1
  6. #8ed5f3
  7. #a4ddf5
  8. #bbe6f8
  9. #d2eefa
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1caae7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1caae7
  2. #26a6dd
  3. #30a2d2
  4. #3a9dc8
  5. #4499be
  6. #4e95b4
  7. #5891a9
  8. #628d9f
  9. #6c8895
  10. #76848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca9ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7297e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a9e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9fe6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1caae7 {
  color: #1caae7;
}
Background
.bg-1caae7 {
  background-color: #1caae7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1caae7 {
  border: 2px solid #1caae7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1caae7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 170 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 81% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1caae7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1caae7, #1c44e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1caae7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 170 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.99 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.72 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.33 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.51 #e35518 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1caae7  rgb(28, 170, 231)  hsl(198, 81%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#e7591c  rgb(231, 89, 28)  hsl(18, 81%, 51%)  Flame
#e71caa  rgb(231, 28, 170)  hsl(318, 81%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#aae71c  rgb(170, 231, 28)  hsl(78, 81%, 51%)  Inchworm