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#1E91C5

#1e91c5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1e91c5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 56.86% green and 77.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.77% cyan, 26.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 198.68°, with 73.57% saturation and 44.51% 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 5.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.44.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2456

Complementary

  1. #1e91c5
  2. #c5521e

Split complementary

  1. #1e91c5
  2. #c51e3e
  3. #c5a51e

Analogous

  1. #1ec5a5
  2. #1e91c5
  3. #1e3ec5

Triadic

  1. #1e91c5
  2. #c51e91
  3. #91c51e

Tetradic

  1. #1e91c5
  2. #521ec5
  3. #c5521e
  4. #91c51e

Square

  1. #1e91c5
  2. #a51ec5
  3. #c5521e
  4. #3ec51e

Monochromatic

  1. #0a2f40
  2. #146083
  3. #1e91c5
  4. #4cb4e4
  5. #8ed0ee

Shades

#1e91c5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1e91c5
  2. #1b83b1
  3. #18749e
  4. #15668a
  5. #125776
  6. #0f4963
  7. #0c3a4f
  8. #092c3b
  9. #061d27
  10. #030f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1e91c5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1e91c5
  2. #359ccb
  3. #4ba7d1
  4. #62b2d6
  5. #78bddc
  6. #8fc8e2
  7. #a5d3e8
  8. #bcdeee
  9. #d2e9f3
  10. #e9f4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1e91c5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1e91c5
  2. #288fbe
  3. #328eb7
  4. #3b8cb0
  5. #458aa9
  6. #4f89a3
  7. #59879c
  8. #638595
  9. #6c838e
  10. #768287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8ca4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7790c7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6281c4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6090c6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f88c4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1e91c5 {
  color: #1e91c5;
}
Background
.bg-1e91c5 {
  background-color: #1e91c5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1e91c5 {
  border: 2px solid #1e91c5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1e91c5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 145 197;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 74% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1e91c5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1e91c5, #1e3ec5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1e91c5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 145 197 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.44 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.71 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.78 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.31 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.63 #e16e3a Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1e91c5  rgb(30, 145, 197)  hsl(199, 74%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#c5521e  rgb(197, 82, 30)  hsl(19, 74%, 45%)  Sinopia
#c51e91  rgb(197, 30, 145)  hsl(319, 74%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#91c51e  rgb(145, 197, 30)  hsl(79, 74%, 45%)  Yellow Green