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#1E95CC

#1e95cc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1e95cc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 58.43% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.29% cyan, 26.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 198.97°, with 74.36% 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 6.23:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.29.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2613

Complementary

  1. #1e95cc
  2. #cc551e

Split complementary

  1. #1e95cc
  2. #cc1e3e
  3. #ccac1e

Analogous

  1. #1eccac
  2. #1e95cc
  3. #1e3ecc

Triadic

  1. #1e95cc
  2. #cc1e95
  3. #95cc1e

Tetradic

  1. #1e95cc
  2. #551ecc
  3. #cc551e
  4. #95cc1e

Square

  1. #1e95cc
  2. #ac1ecc
  3. #cc551e
  4. #3ecc1e

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3447
  2. #146489
  3. #1e95cc
  4. #51b7e5
  5. #94d2ef

Shades

#1e95cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1e95cc
  2. #1b86b8
  3. #1877a3
  4. #15688f
  5. #12597a
  6. #0f4b66
  7. #0c3c52
  8. #092d3d
  9. #061e29
  10. #030f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1e95cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1e95cc
  2. #35a0d1
  3. #4baad6
  4. #62b5db
  5. #78bfe0
  6. #8fcae6
  7. #a5d5eb
  8. #bcdff0
  9. #d2eaf5
  10. #e9f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1e95cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1e95cc
  2. #2893c4
  3. #3291bd
  4. #3b8fb5
  5. #458dae
  6. #4f8ba6
  7. #59889e
  8. #638697
  9. #6c848f
  10. #768288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7090a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a94cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6385cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6295ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #508ccb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1e95cc {
  color: #1e95cc;
}
Background
.bg-1e95cc {
  background-color: #1e95cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1e95cc {
  border: 2px solid #1e95cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1e95cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 149 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1e95cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1e95cc, #1e3ecc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1e95cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 149 204 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.29 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.49 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.19 #e16a33 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1e95cc  rgb(30, 149, 204)  hsl(199, 74%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#cc551e  rgb(204, 85, 30)  hsl(19, 74%, 46%)  Burnt Orange
#cc1e95  rgb(204, 30, 149)  hsl(319, 74%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#95cc1e  rgb(149, 204, 30)  hsl(79, 74%, 46%)  Yellow Green