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#1EAAEF

#1eaaef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1eaaef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.45% cyan, 28.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 199.81°, with 86.72% saturation and 52.75% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.8.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3526

Complementary

  1. #1eaaef
  2. #ef631e

Split complementary

  1. #1eaaef
  2. #ef1e42
  3. #efcc1e

Analogous

  1. #1eefcc
  2. #1eaaef
  3. #1e42ef

Triadic

  1. #1eaaef
  2. #ef1eaa
  3. #aaef1e

Tetradic

  1. #1eaaef
  2. #631eef
  3. #ef631e
  4. #aaef1e

Square

  1. #1eaaef
  2. #cc1eef
  3. #ef631e
  4. #42ef1e

Monochromatic

  1. #084b6c
  2. #0d7db4
  3. #1eaaef
  4. #65c5f4
  5. #ade0f9

Shades

#1eaaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1eaaef
  2. #1b99d7
  3. #1888bf
  4. #1577a7
  5. #12668f
  6. #0f5578
  7. #0c4460
  8. #093348
  9. #062230
  10. #031118
  11. #000000

Tints

#1eaaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1eaaef
  2. #35b3f1
  3. #4bbbf2
  4. #62c4f4
  5. #78ccf5
  6. #8fd5f7
  7. #a5ddf9
  8. #bce6fa
  9. #d2eefc
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1eaaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1eaaef
  2. #28a6e4
  3. #32a2d9
  4. #3b9dce
  5. #4599c3
  6. #4f95b8
  7. #5991ac
  8. #638da1
  9. #6c8896
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a4c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89aaf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d98ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6daaf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #58a0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1eaaef {
  color: #1eaaef;
}
Background
.bg-1eaaef {
  background-color: #1eaaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1eaaef {
  border: 2px solid #1eaaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1eaaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 170 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 87% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1eaaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1eaaef, #1e42ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1eaaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 170 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.80 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.06 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.10 #e15510 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1eaaef  rgb(30, 170, 239)  hsl(200, 87%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ef631e  rgb(239, 99, 30)  hsl(20, 87%, 53%)  Persimmon
#ef1eaa  rgb(239, 30, 170)  hsl(320, 87%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#aaef1e  rgb(170, 239, 30)  hsl(80, 87%, 53%)  Spring Bud