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#20ACEE

#20acee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#20acee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.55% red, 67.45% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.55% cyan, 27.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 199.22°, with 85.83% 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 8.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3599

Complementary

  1. #20acee
  2. #ee6220

Split complementary

  1. #20acee
  2. #ee2045
  3. #eec920

Analogous

  1. #20eec9
  2. #20acee
  3. #2045ee

Triadic

  1. #20acee
  2. #ee20ac
  3. #acee20

Tetradic

  1. #20acee
  2. #6220ee
  3. #ee6220
  4. #acee20

Square

  1. #20acee
  2. #c920ee
  3. #ee6220
  4. #45ee20

Monochromatic

  1. #084d6d
  2. #0e7fb4
  3. #20acee
  4. #67c6f3
  5. #aee1f9

Shades

#20acee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #20acee
  2. #1d9bd6
  3. #1a8abe
  4. #1678a7
  5. #13678f
  6. #105677
  7. #0d455f
  8. #0a3447
  9. #062230
  10. #031118
  11. #000000

Tints

#20acee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #20acee
  2. #36b4f0
  3. #4dbdf1
  4. #63c5f3
  5. #79cdf5
  6. #90d6f7
  7. #a6def8
  8. #bce6fa
  9. #d2eefc
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#20acee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #20acee
  2. #2aa8e3
  3. #33a3d8
  4. #3d9fcd
  5. #469ac2
  6. #5096b7
  7. #5a92ac
  8. #638da1
  9. #6d8996
  10. #76848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cacf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719aed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70acf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba1ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-20acee {
  color: #20acee;
}
Background
.bg-20acee {
  background-color: #20acee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-20acee {
  border: 2px solid #20acee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #20acee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 32 172 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-20acee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #20acee, #2045ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-20acee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(32 172 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.74 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.30 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.96 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.49 #df5311 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#20acee  rgb(32, 172, 238)  hsl(199, 86%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ee6220  rgb(238, 98, 32)  hsl(19, 86%, 53%)  Persimmon
#ee20ac  rgb(238, 32, 172)  hsl(319, 86%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#acee20  rgb(172, 238, 32)  hsl(79, 86%, 53%)  Spring Bud