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#0899CD

#0899cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0899cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 60% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.1% cyan, 25.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 195.84°, with 92.49% saturation and 41.76% 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 6.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2724

Complementary

  1. #0899cd
  2. #cd3c08

Split complementary

  1. #0899cd
  2. #cd0836
  3. #cd9e08

Analogous

  1. #08cd9e
  2. #0899cd
  3. #0836cd

Triadic

  1. #0899cd
  2. #cd0899
  3. #99cd08

Tetradic

  1. #0899cd
  2. #3c08cd
  3. #cd3c08
  4. #99cd08

Square

  1. #0899cd
  2. #9e08cd
  3. #cd3c08
  4. #36cd08

Monochromatic

  1. #022b3a
  2. #056283
  3. #0899cd
  4. #2bc1f7
  5. #74d6fa

Shades

#0899cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0899cd
  2. #078ab9
  3. #067aa4
  4. #066b90
  5. #055c7b
  6. #044d67
  7. #033d52
  8. #022e3e
  9. #021f29
  10. #010f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0899cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0899cd
  2. #21a3d2
  3. #39add7
  4. #52b8dc
  5. #6bc2e1
  6. #84cce6
  7. #9cd6eb
  8. #b5e0f0
  9. #ceebf5
  10. #e6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0899cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0899cd
  2. #1497c5
  3. #2094be
  4. #2c92b6
  5. #388fae
  6. #448da7
  7. #508a9f
  8. #5c8897
  9. #68858f
  10. #748388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7193ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f97cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6787cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6498ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #518fcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0899cd {
  color: #0899cd;
}
Background
.bg-0899cd {
  background-color: #0899cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0899cd {
  border: 2px solid #0899cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0899cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 153 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0899cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0899cd, #0836cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0899cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 153 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.58 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.02 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.60 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.67 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.25 #f76632 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0899cd  rgb(8, 153, 205)  hsl(196, 92%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#cd3c08  rgb(205, 60, 8)  hsl(16, 92%, 42%)  Sinopia
#cd0899  rgb(205, 8, 153)  hsl(316, 92%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#99cd08  rgb(153, 205, 8)  hsl(76, 92%, 42%)  Yellow Green