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#1FA0DD

#1fa0dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1fa0dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.16% red, 62.75% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.97% cyan, 27.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 199.26°, with 75.4% saturation and 49.41% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.68.

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Relative luminance0.3065

Complementary

  1. #1fa0dd
  2. #dd5c1f

Split complementary

  1. #1fa0dd
  2. #dd1f41
  3. #ddbb1f

Analogous

  1. #1fddbb
  2. #1fa0dd
  3. #1f41dd

Triadic

  1. #1fa0dd
  2. #dd1fa0
  3. #a0dd1f

Tetradic

  1. #1fa0dd
  2. #5c1fdd
  3. #dd5c1f
  4. #a0dd1f

Square

  1. #1fa0dd
  2. #bb1fdd
  3. #dd5c1f
  4. #41dd1f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c3f57
  2. #166f9a
  3. #1fa0dd
  4. #60bde9
  5. #a3d9f2

Shades

#1fa0dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1fa0dd
  2. #1c90c7
  3. #1980b1
  4. #16709b
  5. #136085
  6. #10506f
  7. #0c4058
  8. #093042
  9. #06202c
  10. #031016
  11. #000000

Tints

#1fa0dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1fa0dd
  2. #35aae0
  3. #4cb3e4
  4. #62bde7
  5. #79c6eb
  6. #8fd0ee
  7. #a5d9f1
  8. #bce3f5
  9. #d2ecf8
  10. #e9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1fa0dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1fa0dd
  2. #299dd4
  3. #329aca
  4. #3c96c1
  5. #4693b8
  6. #5090af
  7. #598da5
  8. #638a9c
  9. #6d8693
  10. #768389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789ab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a0e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a8fdc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a0df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5596dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aac6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1fa0dd {
  color: #1fa0dd;
}
Background
.bg-1fa0dd {
  background-color: #1fa0dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1fa0dd {
  border: 2px solid #1fa0dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1fa0dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 31 160 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1fa0dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1fa0dd, #1f41dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1fa0dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(31 160 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.90 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.25 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.56 #e05f22 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1fa0dd  rgb(31, 160, 221)  hsl(199, 75%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#dd5c1f  rgb(221, 92, 31)  hsl(19, 75%, 49%)  Flame
#dd1fa0  rgb(221, 31, 160)  hsl(319, 75%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#a0dd1f  rgb(160, 221, 31)  hsl(79, 75%, 49%)  Yellow Green