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#1E98CD

#1e98cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1e98cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 59.61% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.37% cyan, 25.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.17°, with 74.47% saturation and 46.08% 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 4.99.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2714

Complementary

  1. #1e98cd
  2. #cd531e

Split complementary

  1. #1e98cd
  2. #cd1e41
  3. #cdab1e

Analogous

  1. #1ecdab
  2. #1e98cd
  3. #1e41cd

Triadic

  1. #1e98cd
  2. #cd1e98
  3. #98cd1e

Tetradic

  1. #1e98cd
  2. #531ecd
  3. #cd531e
  4. #98cd1e

Square

  1. #1e98cd
  2. #ab1ecd
  3. #cd531e
  4. #41cd1e

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3548
  2. #14678a
  3. #1e98cd
  4. #52b9e6
  5. #95d4ef

Shades

#1e98cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1e98cd
  2. #1b89b9
  3. #187aa4
  4. #156a90
  5. #125b7b
  6. #0f4c67
  7. #0c3d52
  8. #092e3e
  9. #061e29
  10. #030f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1e98cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1e98cd
  2. #35a2d2
  3. #4badd7
  4. #62b7dc
  5. #78c1e1
  6. #8fcce6
  7. #a5d6eb
  8. #bce0f0
  9. #d2eaf5
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1e98cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1e98cd
  2. #2896c5
  3. #3293be
  4. #3b91b6
  5. #458eae
  6. #4f8ca7
  7. #598a9f
  8. #638797
  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-1e98cd {
  color: #1e98cd;
}
Background
.bg-1e98cd {
  background-color: #1e98cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1e98cd {
  border: 2px solid #1e98cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1e98cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 152 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1e98cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1e98cd, #1e41cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1e98cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 152 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.99 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.68 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.48 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.63 #e16732 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1e98cd  rgb(30, 152, 205)  hsl(198, 74%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#cd531e  rgb(205, 83, 30)  hsl(18, 74%, 46%)  Sinopia
#cd1e98  rgb(205, 30, 152)  hsl(318, 74%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#98cd1e  rgb(152, 205, 30)  hsl(78, 74%, 46%)  Yellow Green