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#0899EE

#0899ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0899ee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.64% cyan, 35.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 202.17°, with 93.5% saturation and 48.24% 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2901

Complementary

  1. #0899ee
  2. #ee5d08

Split complementary

  1. #0899ee
  2. #ee0826
  3. #eed008

Analogous

  1. #08eed0
  2. #0899ee
  3. #0826ee

Triadic

  1. #0899ee
  2. #ee0899
  3. #99ee08

Tetradic

  1. #0899ee
  2. #5d08ee
  3. #ee5d08
  4. #99ee08

Square

  1. #0899ee
  2. #d008ee
  3. #ee5d08
  4. #26ee08

Monochromatic

  1. #033a5a
  2. #0669a4
  3. #0899ee
  4. #4ab8f9
  5. #94d5fb

Shades

#0899ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0899ee
  2. #078ad6
  3. #067abe
  4. #066ba7
  5. #055c8f
  6. #044d77
  7. #033d5f
  8. #022e47
  9. #021f30
  10. #010f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#0899ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0899ee
  2. #21a3f0
  3. #39adf1
  4. #52b8f3
  5. #6bc2f5
  6. #84ccf7
  7. #9cd6f8
  8. #b5e0fa
  9. #ceebfc
  10. #e6f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0899ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0899ee
  2. #1497e3
  3. #2094d8
  4. #2c92cd
  5. #388fc2
  6. #448db7
  7. #508aac
  8. #5c88a1
  9. #688596
  10. #74838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7495be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #709df2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #508aec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #589bf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3f90ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0899ee {
  color: #0899ee;
}
Background
.bg-0899ee {
  background-color: #0899ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0899ee {
  border: 2px solid #0899ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0899ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 153 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 94% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0899ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0899ee, #0826ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0899ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 153 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.86 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.67 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.79 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.35 #f76611 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0899ee  rgb(8, 153, 238)  hsl(202, 94%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ee5d08  rgb(238, 93, 8)  hsl(22, 94%, 48%)  Persimmon
#ee0899  rgb(238, 8, 153)  hsl(322, 94%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#99ee08  rgb(153, 238, 8)  hsl(82, 94%, 48%)  Spring Bud