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#1FA8EA

#1fa8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1fa8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.16% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.75% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.51°, with 82.86% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.4.

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Relative luminance0.3424

Complementary

  1. #1fa8ea
  2. #ea611f

Split complementary

  1. #1fa8ea
  2. #ea1f42
  3. #eac71f

Analogous

  1. #1feac7
  2. #1fa8ea
  3. #1f42ea

Triadic

  1. #1fa8ea
  2. #ea1fa8
  3. #a8ea1f

Tetradic

  1. #1fa8ea
  2. #611fea
  3. #ea611f
  4. #a8ea1f

Square

  1. #1fa8ea
  2. #c71fea
  3. #ea611f
  4. #42ea1f

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4866
  2. #107aac
  3. #1fa8ea
  4. #65c3f1
  5. #abdef7

Shades

#1fa8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1fa8ea
  2. #1c97d3
  3. #1986bb
  4. #1676a4
  5. #13658c
  6. #105475
  7. #0c435e
  8. #093246
  9. #06222f
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#1fa8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1fa8ea
  2. #35b1ec
  3. #4cb9ee
  4. #62c2f0
  5. #79cbf2
  6. #8fd4f5
  7. #a5dcf7
  8. #bce5f9
  9. #d2eefb
  10. #e9f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1fa8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1fa8ea
  2. #29a4df
  3. #32a0d5
  4. #3c9cca
  5. #4698c0
  6. #5094b5
  7. #5990aa
  8. #638ca0
  9. #6d8895
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1fa8ea {
  color: #1fa8ea;
}
Background
.bg-1fa8ea {
  background-color: #1fa8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1fa8ea {
  border: 2px solid #1fa8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1fa8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 31 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1fa8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1fa8ea, #1f42ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1fa8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(31 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.40 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.91 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.62 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.33 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.53 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.83 #e05715 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1fa8ea  rgb(31, 168, 234)  hsl(200, 83%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ea611f  rgb(234, 97, 31)  hsl(20, 83%, 52%)  Persimmon
#ea1fa8  rgb(234, 31, 168)  hsl(320, 83%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ea1f  rgb(168, 234, 31)  hsl(80, 83%, 52%)  Spring Bud