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#1FA8DC

#1fa8dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1fa8dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.16% red, 65.88% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.91% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 196.51°, 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.39.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3346

Complementary

  1. #1fa8dc
  2. #dc531f

Split complementary

  1. #1fa8dc
  2. #dc1f49
  3. #dcb21f

Analogous

  1. #1fdcb2
  2. #1fa8dc
  3. #1f49dc

Triadic

  1. #1fa8dc
  2. #dc1fa8
  3. #a8dc1f

Tetradic

  1. #1fa8dc
  2. #531fdc
  3. #dc531f
  4. #a8dc1f

Square

  1. #1fa8dc
  2. #b21fdc
  3. #dc531f
  4. #49dc1f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4256
  2. #167599
  3. #1fa8dc
  4. #5fc3e8
  5. #a2dcf2

Shades

#1fa8dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1fa8dc
  2. #1c97c6
  3. #1986b0
  4. #16769a
  5. #136584
  6. #10546e
  7. #0c4358
  8. #093242
  9. #06222c
  10. #031116
  11. #000000

Tints

#1fa8dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1fa8dc
  2. #35b1e0
  3. #4cb9e3
  4. #62c2e7
  5. #79cbea
  6. #8fd4ee
  7. #a5dcf1
  8. #bce5f5
  9. #d2eef8
  10. #e9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1fa8dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1fa8dc
  2. #29a4d3
  3. #32a0ca
  4. #3c9cc0
  5. #4698b7
  6. #5094ae
  7. #5990a5
  8. #638c9c
  9. #6d8892
  10. #768489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da6de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7595db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a7dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9ddc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1fa8dc {
  color: #1fa8dc;
}
Background
.bg-1fa8dc {
  background-color: #1fa8dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1fa8dc {
  border: 2px solid #1fa8dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1fa8dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 31 168 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1fa8dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1fa8dc, #1f49dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1fa8dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(31 168 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.39 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.72 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.76 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.45 #e05723 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1fa8dc  rgb(31, 168, 220)  hsl(197, 75%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#dc531f  rgb(220, 83, 31)  hsl(17, 75%, 49%)  Flame
#dc1fa8  rgb(220, 31, 168)  hsl(317, 75%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a8dc1f  rgb(168, 220, 31)  hsl(77, 75%, 49%)  Yellow Green