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#0891C8

#0891c8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0891c8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 56.86% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96% cyan, 27.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 197.19°, with 92.31% saturation and 40.78% 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 5.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.66.

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Relative luminance0.2447

Complementary

  1. #0891c8
  2. #c83f08

Split complementary

  1. #0891c8
  2. #c80831
  3. #c89f08

Analogous

  1. #08c89f
  2. #0891c8
  3. #0831c8

Triadic

  1. #0891c8
  2. #c80891
  3. #91c808

Tetradic

  1. #0891c8
  2. #3f08c8
  3. #c83f08
  4. #91c808

Square

  1. #0891c8
  2. #9f08c8
  3. #c83f08
  4. #31c808

Monochromatic

  1. #022635
  2. #055c7e
  3. #0891c8
  4. #26bbf6
  5. #70d2f9

Shades

#0891c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0891c8
  2. #0783b4
  3. #0674a0
  4. #06668c
  5. #055778
  6. #044964
  7. #033a50
  8. #022c3c
  9. #021d28
  10. #010f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0891c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0891c8
  2. #219cce
  3. #39a7d3
  4. #52b2d9
  5. #6bbdde
  6. #84c8e4
  7. #9cd3e9
  8. #b5deef
  9. #cee9f4
  10. #e6f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0891c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0891c8
  2. #148fc1
  3. #208eba
  4. #2c8cb2
  5. #388aab
  6. #4489a4
  7. #50879d
  8. #5c8596
  9. #68838e
  10. #748287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b8ba5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7690cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e81c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d91ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a88c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0891c8 {
  color: #0891c8;
}
Background
.bg-0891c8 {
  background-color: #0891c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0891c8 {
  border: 2px solid #0891c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0891c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 145 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 92% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0891c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0891c8, #0831c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0891c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 145 200 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.09 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.30 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.39 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.70 #f76e37 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0891c8  rgb(8, 145, 200)  hsl(197, 92%, 41%)  Carolina Blue
#c83f08  rgb(200, 63, 8)  hsl(17, 92%, 41%)  Sinopia
#c80891  rgb(200, 8, 145)  hsl(317, 92%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#91c808  rgb(145, 200, 8)  hsl(77, 92%, 41%)  Yellow Green