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#089FDD

#089fdd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#089fdd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 62.35% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.38% cyan, 28.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 197.46°, with 93.01% saturation and 44.9% 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 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.17.

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Relative luminance0.3007

Complementary

  1. #089fdd
  2. #dd4608

Split complementary

  1. #089fdd
  2. #dd0835
  3. #ddb008

Analogous

  1. #08ddb0
  2. #089fdd
  3. #0835dd

Triadic

  1. #089fdd
  2. #dd089f
  3. #9fdd08

Tetradic

  1. #089fdd
  2. #4608dd
  3. #dd4608
  4. #9fdd08

Square

  1. #089fdd
  2. #b008dd
  3. #dd4608
  4. #35dd08

Monochromatic

  1. #033549
  2. #056a93
  3. #089fdd
  4. #3ac0f8
  5. #83d8fb

Shades

#089fdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #089fdd
  2. #078fc7
  3. #067fb1
  4. #066f9b
  5. #055f85
  6. #04506f
  7. #034058
  8. #023042
  9. #02202c
  10. #011016
  11. #000000

Tints

#089fdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #089fdd
  2. #21a9e0
  3. #39b2e4
  4. #52bce7
  5. #6bc5eb
  6. #84cfee
  7. #9cd9f1
  8. #b5e2f5
  9. #ceecf8
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#089fdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #089fdd
  2. #149cd4
  3. #2099ca
  4. #2c96c1
  5. #3893b8
  6. #4490af
  7. #508ca5
  8. #5c899c
  9. #688693
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809fe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678ddc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659fdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5195dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-089fdd {
  color: #089fdd;
}
Background
.bg-089fdd {
  background-color: #089fdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-089fdd {
  border: 2px solid #089fdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #089fdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 159 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 93% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-089fdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #089fdd, #0835dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-089fdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 159 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.92 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.18 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.54 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.64 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.84 #f76022 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#089fdd  rgb(8, 159, 221)  hsl(197, 93%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#dd4608  rgb(221, 70, 8)  hsl(17, 93%, 45%)  Flame
#dd089f  rgb(221, 8, 159)  hsl(317, 93%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fdd08  rgb(159, 221, 8)  hsl(77, 93%, 45%)  Yellow Green