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#0899DA

#0899da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0899da 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.33% cyan, 29.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 198.57°, with 92.92% saturation and 44.31% 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 6.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.5.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.279

Complementary

  1. #0899da
  2. #da4908

Split complementary

  1. #0899da
  2. #da0830
  3. #dab208

Analogous

  1. #08dab2
  2. #0899da
  3. #0830da

Triadic

  1. #0899da
  2. #da0899
  3. #99da08

Tetradic

  1. #0899da
  2. #4908da
  3. #da4908
  4. #99da08

Square

  1. #0899da
  2. #b208da
  3. #da4908
  4. #30da08

Monochromatic

  1. #033146
  2. #056590
  3. #0899da
  4. #37bcf8
  5. #81d5fa

Shades

#0899da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0899da
  2. #078ac4
  3. #067aae
  4. #066b99
  5. #055c83
  6. #044d6d
  7. #033d57
  8. #022e41
  9. #021f2c
  10. #010f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#0899da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0899da
  2. #21a3de
  3. #39ade1
  4. #52b8e5
  5. #6bc2e9
  6. #84cced
  7. #9cd6f0
  8. #b5e0f4
  9. #ceebf8
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0899da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0899da
  2. #1497d1
  3. #2094c8
  4. #2c92bf
  5. #388fb6
  6. #448dad
  7. #508aa4
  8. #5c889b
  9. #688592
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7294b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7999dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f88d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6099dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b8fd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0899da {
  color: #0899da;
}
Background
.bg-0899da {
  background-color: #0899da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0899da {
  border: 2px solid #0899da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0899da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 153 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 93% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0899da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0899da, #0830da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0899da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 153 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.50 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.28 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.01 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.09 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.32 #f76625 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0899da  rgb(8, 153, 218)  hsl(199, 93%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#da4908  rgb(218, 73, 8)  hsl(19, 93%, 44%)  Flame
#da0899  rgb(218, 8, 153)  hsl(319, 93%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#99da08  rgb(153, 218, 8)  hsl(79, 93%, 44%)  Yellow Green