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#1D98CD

#1d98cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1d98cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.37% red, 59.61% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.85% cyan, 25.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.07°, with 75.21% saturation and 45.88% 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 6.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.02.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2713

Complementary

  1. #1d98cd
  2. #cd521d

Split complementary

  1. #1d98cd
  2. #cd1d40
  3. #cdaa1d

Analogous

  1. #1dcdaa
  2. #1d98cd
  3. #1d40cd

Triadic

  1. #1d98cd
  2. #cd1d98
  3. #98cd1d

Tetradic

  1. #1d98cd
  2. #521dcd
  3. #cd521d
  4. #98cd1d

Square

  1. #1d98cd
  2. #aa1dcd
  3. #cd521d
  4. #40cd1d

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3547
  2. #14668a
  3. #1d98cd
  4. #50b9e6
  5. #93d4f0

Shades

#1d98cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1d98cd
  2. #1a89b9
  3. #177aa4
  4. #146a90
  5. #115b7b
  6. #0f4c67
  7. #0c3d52
  8. #092e3e
  9. #061e29
  10. #030f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1d98cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1d98cd
  2. #34a2d2
  3. #4aadd7
  4. #61b7dc
  5. #77c1e1
  6. #8ecce6
  7. #a5d6eb
  8. #bbe0f0
  9. #d2eaf5
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1d98cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1d98cd
  2. #2796c5
  3. #3193be
  4. #3b91b6
  5. #458eae
  6. #4f8ca7
  7. #588a9f
  8. #628797
  9. #6c858f
  10. #768288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7292ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e97cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6787cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a6aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6597ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #538ecc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a1b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1d98cd {
  color: #1d98cd;
}
Background
.bg-1d98cd {
  background-color: #1d98cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1d98cd {
  border: 2px solid #1d98cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1d98cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 29 152 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 75% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1d98cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1d98cd, #1d40cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1d98cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(29 152 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.65 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.52 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.64 #e26732 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1d98cd  rgb(29, 152, 205)  hsl(198, 75%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#cd521d  rgb(205, 82, 29)  hsl(18, 75%, 46%)  Sinopia
#cd1d98  rgb(205, 29, 152)  hsl(318, 75%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#98cd1d  rgb(152, 205, 29)  hsl(78, 75%, 46%)  Yellow Green