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#1FA7DC

#1fa7dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1fa7dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.16% red, 65.49% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.91% cyan, 24.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 196.83°, with 75.3% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.11.

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Relative luminance0.331

Complementary

  1. #1fa7dc
  2. #dc541f

Split complementary

  1. #1fa7dc
  2. #dc1f48
  3. #dcb31f

Analogous

  1. #1fdcb3
  2. #1fa7dc
  3. #1f48dc

Triadic

  1. #1fa7dc
  2. #dc1fa7
  3. #a7dc1f

Tetradic

  1. #1fa7dc
  2. #541fdc
  3. #dc541f
  4. #a7dc1f

Square

  1. #1fa7dc
  2. #b31fdc
  3. #dc541f
  4. #48dc1f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4156
  2. #167499
  3. #1fa7dc
  4. #5fc2e8
  5. #a2dcf2

Shades

#1fa7dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1fa7dc
  2. #1c96c6
  3. #1986b0
  4. #16759a
  5. #136484
  6. #10546e
  7. #0c4358
  8. #093242
  9. #06212c
  10. #031116
  11. #000000

Tints

#1fa7dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1fa7dc
  2. #35b0e0
  3. #4cb9e3
  4. #62c1e7
  5. #79caea
  6. #8fd3ee
  7. #a5dcf1
  8. #bce5f5
  9. #d2edf8
  10. #e9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1fa7dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1fa7dc
  2. #29a3d3
  3. #329fca
  4. #3c9bc0
  5. #4697b7
  6. #5094ae
  7. #5990a5
  8. #638c9c
  9. #6d8892
  10. #768489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da0b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca5df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7494db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a6de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9cdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1fa7dc {
  color: #1fa7dc;
}
Background
.bg-1fa7dc {
  background-color: #1fa7dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1fa7dc {
  border: 2px solid #1fa7dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1fa7dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 31 167 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1fa7dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1fa7dc, #1f48dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1fa7dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(31 167 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.84 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.24 #e05823 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1fa7dc  rgb(31, 167, 220)  hsl(197, 75%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#dc541f  rgb(220, 84, 31)  hsl(17, 75%, 49%)  Flame
#dc1fa7  rgb(220, 31, 167)  hsl(317, 75%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a7dc1f  rgb(167, 220, 31)  hsl(77, 75%, 49%)  Yellow Green