#149FD2

sRGB: 20 / 159 / 210

#149FD2 belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 20 red, 159 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 196.1° lands in the azure region. Its 82.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 45.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.92:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 20, 159, 210
HSL: 196.11°, 82.61%, 45.10%
HSV / HSB: 196.11°, 90.48%, 82.35%
CMYK (approx.): 90.48%, 24.29%, 0.00%, 17.65%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 24.318, 29.597, 65.406
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 61.305, -15.790, -35.457
WCAG relative luminance: 0.29598
24-bit decimal: 1351634

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #149FD2 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 6.92:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.03:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#D24714 sits half a turn (180°) from #149FD2 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#149FD2 #D24714

Analogous

#14D2A6 and #1440D2 sit 30° to either side of #149FD2. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#14D2A6 #149FD2 #1440D2

Triadic

#149FD2, #D2149F and #9FD214 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#149FD2 #D2149F #9FD214

Split complementary

Start at #149FD2 and look across the wheel. #D21440 and #D2A614 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#149FD2 #D21440 #D2A614

Square

Starting with #149FD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A614D2, #D24714, then #40D214. Across the square, #149FD2 pairs with #D24714, and #A614D2 with #40D214.

#149FD2 #A614D2 #D24714 #40D214

Tetradic

#149FD2 and #D24714 are opposites, as are #4714D2 and #9FD214. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#149FD2 #4714D2 #D24714 #9FD214

Tints

Mixing #149FD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #43B2DB, keeps 80% of the original. By #D0ECF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#149FD2 #43B2DB #72C5E4 #A1D9ED #D0ECF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #149FD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #107FA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #04202A, the mixture is 80% black.

#149FD2 #107FA8 #0C5F7E #084054 #04202A #000000

Tones

Mixing #149FD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2A99C2, keeps 80% of the original. By #6A8690, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#149FD2 #2A99C2 #3F93B1 #558CA1 #6A8690 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#149FD2

RGB

rgb(20 159 210)

HSL

hsl(196.105 82.609% 45.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #149FD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#149FD2 uses 20 red, 159 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 7.8%

Green 62.4%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #149FD2 is 90.5% cyan, 24.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 17.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 90.5%

Magenta 24.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 17.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #1199CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #19C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #149FD2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #0099CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #1199CC Nearest web-safe: #0099CC

Gradient to complement

#149FD2 #3490B2 #538293 #737373 #936453 #B25634 #D24714

Color vision previews

Compare how #149FD2 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#859DD4

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#6D8DD1

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00ADB0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6C9CD3

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5F94D2

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#00A2C6

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#949494

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#6D9AB6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00700 G 0.34670 B 0.64448

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.28772 G 0.61425 B 0.80482

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.06731 G 0.33543 B 0.61203

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.204 y 0.248 Y 29.597

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 92.157 M % 37.647 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00010100 10011111 11010010