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#1EA5FA

#1ea5fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1ea5fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 64.71% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 203.18°, with 95.65% saturation and 54.9% 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 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.74.

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Relative luminance0.3409

Complementary

  1. #1ea5fa
  2. #fa731e

Split complementary

  1. #1ea5fa
  2. #fa1e37
  3. #fae11e

Analogous

  1. #1efae1
  2. #1ea5fa
  3. #1e37fa

Triadic

  1. #1ea5fa
  2. #fa1ea5
  3. #a5fa1e

Tetradic

  1. #1ea5fa
  2. #731efa
  3. #fa731e
  4. #a5fa1e

Square

  1. #1ea5fa
  2. #e11efa
  3. #fa731e
  4. #37fa1e

Monochromatic

  1. #034d7c
  2. #047cc7
  3. #1ea5fa
  4. #69c3fc
  5. #b4e1fd

Shades

#1ea5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1ea5fa
  2. #1b95e1
  3. #1884c8
  4. #1574af
  5. #126396
  6. #0f537d
  7. #0c4264
  8. #09324b
  9. #062132
  10. #031119
  11. #000000

Tints

#1ea5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1ea5fa
  2. #35aefb
  3. #4bb7fb
  4. #62c0fc
  5. #78c9fc
  6. #8fd2fd
  7. #a5dbfd
  8. #bce4fe
  9. #d2edfe
  10. #e9f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1ea5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1ea5fa
  2. #28a1ee
  3. #329ee2
  4. #3b9ad5
  5. #4596c9
  6. #4f93bd
  7. #598fb1
  8. #638ba5
  9. #6c8798
  10. #76848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea1c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d95f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c9cf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1ea5fa {
  color: #1ea5fa;
}
Background
.bg-1ea5fa {
  background-color: #1ea5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1ea5fa {
  border: 2px solid #1ea5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1ea5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 165 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1ea5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1ea5fa, #1e37fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1ea5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 165 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.69 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.39 #e15a05 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1ea5fa  rgb(30, 165, 250)  hsl(203, 96%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#fa731e  rgb(250, 115, 30)  hsl(23, 96%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#fa1ea5  rgb(250, 30, 165)  hsl(323, 96%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a5fa1e  rgb(165, 250, 30)  hsl(83, 96%, 55%)  Spring Bud