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#1FACEF

#1facef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1facef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.16% red, 67.45% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.03% cyan, 28.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 199.33°, with 86.67% saturation and 52.94% 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.18.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3603

Complementary

  1. #1facef
  2. #ef621f

Split complementary

  1. #1facef
  2. #ef1f44
  3. #efca1f

Analogous

  1. #1fefca
  2. #1facef
  3. #1f44ef

Triadic

  1. #1facef
  2. #ef1fac
  3. #acef1f

Tetradic

  1. #1facef
  2. #621fef
  3. #ef621f
  4. #acef1f

Square

  1. #1facef
  2. #ca1fef
  3. #ef621f
  4. #44ef1f

Monochromatic

  1. #084d6d
  2. #0d7fb5
  3. #1facef
  4. #66c6f4
  5. #aee1f9

Shades

#1facef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1facef
  2. #1c9bd7
  3. #198abf
  4. #1678a7
  5. #13678f
  6. #105678
  7. #0c4560
  8. #093448
  9. #062230
  10. #031118
  11. #000000

Tints

#1facef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1facef
  2. #35b4f1
  3. #4cbdf2
  4. #62c5f4
  5. #79cdf5
  6. #8fd6f7
  7. #a5def9
  8. #bce6fa
  9. #d2eefc
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1facef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1facef
  2. #29a8e4
  3. #32a3d9
  4. #3c9fce
  5. #469ac3
  6. #5096b8
  7. #5992ac
  8. #638da1
  9. #6d8996
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bacf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #709aee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70acf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba1ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1facef {
  color: #1facef;
}
Background
.bg-1facef {
  background-color: #1facef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1facef {
  border: 2px solid #1facef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1facef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 31 172 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 87% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1facef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1facef, #1f44ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1facef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(31 172 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.18 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.42 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.39 #e05310 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1facef  rgb(31, 172, 239)  hsl(199, 87%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ef621f  rgb(239, 98, 31)  hsl(19, 87%, 53%)  Persimmon
#ef1fac  rgb(239, 31, 172)  hsl(319, 87%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#acef1f  rgb(172, 239, 31)  hsl(79, 87%, 53%)  Spring Bud