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#1EAFFE

#1eaffe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1eaffe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.19% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 201.16°, with 99.12% saturation and 55.69% 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 8.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.12.

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Relative luminance0.3809

Complementary

  1. #1eaffe
  2. #fe6d1e

Split complementary

  1. #1eaffe
  2. #fe1e3f
  3. #fedd1e

Analogous

  1. #1efedd
  2. #1eaffe
  3. #1e3ffe

Triadic

  1. #1eaffe
  2. #fe1eaf
  3. #affe1e

Tetradic

  1. #1eaffe
  2. #6d1efe
  3. #fe6d1e
  4. #affe1e

Square

  1. #1eaffe
  2. #dd1efe
  3. #fe6d1e
  4. #3ffe1e

Monochromatic

  1. #015582
  2. #0186cf
  3. #1eaffe
  4. #6acafe
  5. #b6e5ff

Shades

#1eaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1eaffe
  2. #1b9ee5
  3. #188ccb
  4. #157bb2
  5. #126998
  6. #0f587f
  7. #0c4666
  8. #09354c
  9. #062333
  10. #031219
  11. #000000

Tints

#1eaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1eaffe
  2. #35b7fe
  3. #4bbffe
  4. #62c7fe
  5. #78cffe
  6. #8fd7ff
  7. #a5dfff
  8. #bce7ff
  9. #d2efff
  10. #e9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1eaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1eaffe
  2. #28aaf1
  3. #32a6e5
  4. #3ba1d8
  5. #459ccc
  6. #4f98bf
  7. #5993b2
  8. #638ea6
  9. #6c8999
  10. #76858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9dfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eb0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #56a5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1eaffe {
  color: #1eaffe;
}
Background
.bg-1eaffe {
  background-color: #1eaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1eaffe {
  border: 2px solid #1eaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1eaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 99% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1eaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1eaffe, #1e3ffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1eaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.44 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.48 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.93 #e15001 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1eaffe  rgb(30, 175, 254)  hsl(201, 99%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#fe6d1e  rgb(254, 109, 30)  hsl(21, 99%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#fe1eaf  rgb(254, 30, 175)  hsl(321, 99%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#affe1e  rgb(175, 254, 30)  hsl(81, 99%, 56%)  Spring Bud