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#0898DC

#0898dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0898dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 59.61% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.36% cyan, 30.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 199.25°, with 92.98% saturation and 44.71% 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 6.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.59.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2768

Complementary

  1. #0898dc
  2. #dc4c08

Split complementary

  1. #0898dc
  2. #dc082e
  3. #dcb608

Analogous

  1. #08dcb6
  2. #0898dc
  3. #082edc

Triadic

  1. #0898dc
  2. #dc0898
  3. #98dc08

Tetradic

  1. #0898dc
  2. #4c08dc
  3. #dc4c08
  4. #98dc08

Square

  1. #0898dc
  2. #b608dc
  3. #dc4c08
  4. #2edc08

Monochromatic

  1. #033248
  2. #056592
  3. #0898dc
  4. #39baf8
  5. #83d4fa

Shades

#0898dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0898dc
  2. #0789c6
  3. #067ab0
  4. #066a9a
  5. #055b84
  6. #044c6e
  7. #033d58
  8. #022e42
  9. #021e2c
  10. #010f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#0898dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0898dc
  2. #21a2e0
  3. #39ade3
  4. #52b7e7
  5. #6bc1ea
  6. #84ccee
  7. #9cd6f1
  8. #b5e0f5
  9. #ceeaf8
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0898dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0898dc
  2. #1496d3
  3. #2093ca
  4. #2c91c0
  5. #388eb7
  6. #448cae
  7. #508aa5
  8. #5c879c
  9. #688592
  10. #748289
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7293b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7799df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c88db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e99de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #498fdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0898dc {
  color: #0898dc;
}
Background
.bg-0898dc {
  background-color: #0898dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0898dc {
  border: 2px solid #0898dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0898dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 152 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 93% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0898dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0898dc, #082edc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0898dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 152 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.04 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.18 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.77 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.32 #f76723 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0898dc  rgb(8, 152, 220)  hsl(199, 93%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#dc4c08  rgb(220, 76, 8)  hsl(19, 93%, 45%)  Flame
#dc0898  rgb(220, 8, 152)  hsl(319, 93%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#98dc08  rgb(152, 220, 8)  hsl(79, 93%, 45%)  Yellow Green