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#1DAAEC

#1daaec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1daaec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.37% red, 66.67% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.71% cyan, 27.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 199.13°, with 84.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.82.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3507

Complementary

  1. #1daaec
  2. #ec5f1d

Split complementary

  1. #1daaec
  2. #ec1d42
  3. #ecc61d

Analogous

  1. #1decc6
  2. #1daaec
  3. #1d42ec

Triadic

  1. #1daaec
  2. #ec1daa
  3. #aaec1d

Tetradic

  1. #1daaec
  2. #5f1dec
  3. #ec5f1d
  4. #aaec1d

Square

  1. #1daaec
  2. #c61dec
  3. #ec5f1d
  4. #42ec1d

Monochromatic

  1. #094967
  2. #0f7bae
  3. #1daaec
  4. #64c5f2
  5. #aadff8

Shades

#1daaec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1daaec
  2. #1a99d4
  3. #1788bd
  4. #1477a5
  5. #11668e
  6. #0f5576
  7. #0c445e
  8. #093347
  9. #06222f
  10. #031118
  11. #000000

Tints

#1daaec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1daaec
  2. #34b3ee
  3. #4abbf0
  4. #61c4f2
  5. #77ccf4
  6. #8ed5f6
  7. #a5ddf7
  8. #bbe6f9
  9. #d2eefb
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1daaec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1daaec
  2. #27a6e1
  3. #31a2d6
  4. #3b9dcc
  5. #4599c1
  6. #4f95b6
  7. #5891ab
  8. #628da0
  9. #6c8896
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a4c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aaaef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f98eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eaaee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599feb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1daaec {
  color: #1daaec;
}
Background
.bg-1daaec {
  background-color: #1daaec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1daaec {
  border: 2px solid #1daaec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1daaec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 29 170 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 84% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1daaec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1daaec, #1d42ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1daaec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(29 170 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.82 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.08 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.09 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.30 #e25513 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1daaec  rgb(29, 170, 236)  hsl(199, 84%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ec5f1d  rgb(236, 95, 29)  hsl(19, 84%, 52%)  Persimmon
#ec1daa  rgb(236, 29, 170)  hsl(319, 84%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#aaec1d  rgb(170, 236, 29)  hsl(79, 84%, 52%)  Spring Bud