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#1FA4E2

#1fa4e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1fa4e2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.16% red, 64.31% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.28% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 199.08°, with 77.08% saturation and 50.39% 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 7.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.91.

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Relative luminance0.3233

Complementary

  1. #1fa4e2
  2. #e25d1f

Split complementary

  1. #1fa4e2
  2. #e21f42
  3. #e2bf1f

Analogous

  1. #1fe2bf
  2. #1fa4e2
  3. #1f42e2

Triadic

  1. #1fa4e2
  2. #e21fa4
  3. #a4e21f

Tetradic

  1. #1fa4e2
  2. #5d1fe2
  3. #e25d1f
  4. #a4e21f

Square

  1. #1fa4e2
  2. #bf1fe2
  3. #e25d1f
  4. #42e21f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c435c
  2. #1574a0
  3. #1fa4e2
  4. #63c0eb
  5. #a6dbf4

Shades

#1fa4e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1fa4e2
  2. #1c94cb
  3. #1983b5
  4. #16739e
  5. #136288
  6. #105271
  7. #0c425a
  8. #093144
  9. #06212d
  10. #031017
  11. #000000

Tints

#1fa4e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1fa4e2
  2. #35ade5
  3. #4cb6e8
  4. #62bfeb
  5. #79c8ee
  6. #8fd2f1
  7. #a5dbf3
  8. #bce4f6
  9. #d2edf9
  10. #e9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1fa4e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1fa4e2
  2. #29a0d8
  3. #329dce
  4. #3c99c5
  5. #4696bb
  6. #5092b1
  7. #598ea7
  8. #638b9d
  9. #6d8794
  10. #76848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9ebb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a4e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c92e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba4e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579ae1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aecb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1fa4e2 {
  color: #1fa4e2;
}
Background
.bg-1fa4e2 {
  background-color: #1fa4e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1fa4e2 {
  border: 2px solid #1fa4e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1fa4e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 31 164 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 77% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1fa4e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1fa4e2, #1f42e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1fa4e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(31 164 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.03 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.77 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.23 #e05b1d Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1fa4e2  rgb(31, 164, 226)  hsl(199, 77%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#e25d1f  rgb(226, 93, 31)  hsl(19, 77%, 50%)  Flame
#e21fa4  rgb(226, 31, 164)  hsl(319, 77%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e21f  rgb(164, 226, 31)  hsl(79, 77%, 50%)  Inchworm