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#1EAAEA

#1eaaea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1eaaea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 66.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.18% cyan, 27.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.82°, with 82.93% saturation and 51.76% 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 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3497

Complementary

  1. #1eaaea
  2. #ea5e1e

Split complementary

  1. #1eaaea
  2. #ea1e44
  3. #eac41e

Analogous

  1. #1eeac4
  2. #1eaaea
  3. #1e44ea

Triadic

  1. #1eaaea
  2. #ea1eaa
  3. #aaea1e

Tetradic

  1. #1eaaea
  2. #5e1eea
  3. #ea5e1e
  4. #aaea1e

Square

  1. #1eaaea
  2. #c41eea
  3. #ea5e1e
  4. #44ea1e

Monochromatic

  1. #094966
  2. #107bab
  3. #1eaaea
  4. #64c4f1
  5. #aadff7

Shades

#1eaaea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1eaaea
  2. #1b99d3
  3. #1888bb
  4. #1577a4
  5. #12668c
  6. #0f5575
  7. #0c445e
  8. #093346
  9. #06222f
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#1eaaea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1eaaea
  2. #35b3ec
  3. #4bbbee
  4. #62c4f0
  5. #78ccf2
  6. #8fd5f5
  7. #a5ddf7
  8. #bce6f9
  9. #d2eefb
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1eaaea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1eaaea
  2. #28a6df
  3. #32a2d5
  4. #3b9dca
  5. #4599c0
  6. #4f95b5
  7. #5991aa
  8. #638da0
  9. #6c8895
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a4c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba9ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7098e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6faaec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9fe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1eaaea {
  color: #1eaaea;
}
Background
.bg-1eaaea {
  background-color: #1eaaea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1eaaea {
  border: 2px solid #1eaaea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1eaaea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 170 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1eaaea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1eaaea, #1e44ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1eaaea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 170 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.12 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.31 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.07 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.35 #e15515 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1eaaea  rgb(30, 170, 234)  hsl(199, 83%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ea5e1e  rgb(234, 94, 30)  hsl(19, 83%, 52%)  Persimmon
#ea1eaa  rgb(234, 30, 170)  hsl(319, 83%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#aaea1e  rgb(170, 234, 30)  hsl(79, 83%, 52%)  Spring Bud