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#1EACEE

#1eacee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1eacee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 67.45% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.39% cyan, 27.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 199.04°, with 85.95% saturation and 52.55% 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.21.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3595

Complementary

  1. #1eacee
  2. #ee601e

Split complementary

  1. #1eacee
  2. #ee1e44
  3. #eec81e

Analogous

  1. #1eeec8
  2. #1eacee
  3. #1e44ee

Triadic

  1. #1eacee
  2. #ee1eac
  3. #acee1e

Tetradic

  1. #1eacee
  2. #601eee
  3. #ee601e
  4. #acee1e

Square

  1. #1eacee
  2. #c81eee
  3. #ee601e
  4. #44ee1e

Monochromatic

  1. #084c6b
  2. #0d7eb2
  3. #1eacee
  4. #65c6f3
  5. #ace0f9

Shades

#1eacee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1eacee
  2. #1b9bd6
  3. #188abe
  4. #1578a7
  5. #12678f
  6. #0f5677
  7. #0c455f
  8. #093447
  9. #062230
  10. #031118
  11. #000000

Tints

#1eacee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1eacee
  2. #35b4f0
  3. #4bbdf1
  4. #62c5f3
  5. #78cdf5
  6. #8fd6f7
  7. #a5def8
  8. #bce6fa
  9. #d2eefc
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1eacee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1eacee
  2. #28a8e3
  3. #32a3d8
  4. #3b9fcd
  5. #459ac2
  6. #4f96b7
  7. #5992ac
  8. #638da1
  9. #6c8996
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cacf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719aed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70acf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba1ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1eacee {
  color: #1eacee;
}
Background
.bg-1eacee {
  background-color: #1eacee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1eacee {
  border: 2px solid #1eacee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1eacee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 172 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1eacee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1eacee, #1e44ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1eacee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 172 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.21 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.22 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.78 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.31 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.99 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.55 #e15311 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1eacee  rgb(30, 172, 238)  hsl(199, 86%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ee601e  rgb(238, 96, 30)  hsl(19, 86%, 53%)  Persimmon
#ee1eac  rgb(238, 30, 172)  hsl(319, 86%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#acee1e  rgb(172, 238, 30)  hsl(79, 86%, 53%)  Spring Bud