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#0992CE

#0992ce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0992ce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 57.25% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.63% cyan, 29.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 198.27°, with 91.63% saturation and 42.16% 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 6.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.06.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2507

Complementary

  1. #0992ce
  2. #ce4509

Split complementary

  1. #0992ce
  2. #ce0930
  3. #cea809

Analogous

  1. #09cea8
  2. #0992ce
  3. #0930ce

Triadic

  1. #0992ce
  2. #ce0992
  3. #92ce09

Tetradic

  1. #0992ce
  2. #4509ce
  3. #ce4509
  4. #92ce09

Square

  1. #0992ce
  2. #a809ce
  3. #ce4509
  4. #30ce09

Monochromatic

  1. #032a3b
  2. #065e85
  3. #0992ce
  4. #2eb9f6
  5. #77d1f9

Shades

#0992ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0992ce
  2. #0883b9
  3. #0775a5
  4. #066690
  5. #05587c
  6. #054967
  7. #043a52
  8. #032c3e
  9. #021d29
  10. #010f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0992ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0992ce
  2. #229dd3
  3. #3aa8d8
  4. #53b3dd
  5. #6bbee2
  6. #84c9e7
  7. #9dd3eb
  8. #b5def0
  9. #cee9f5
  10. #e6f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0992ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0992ce
  2. #1590c6
  3. #218ebe
  4. #2d8db7
  5. #398baf
  6. #4589a7
  7. #50879f
  8. #5c8597
  9. #688490
  10. #748288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8da9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7592d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c82cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c92d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4889cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009bb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0992ce {
  color: #0992ce;
}
Background
.bg-0992ce {
  background-color: #0992ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0992ce {
  border: 2px solid #0992ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0992ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 146 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0992ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0992ce, #0930ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0992ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 146 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.06 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.21 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.39 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.58 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.21 #f66d31 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0992ce  rgb(9, 146, 206)  hsl(198, 92%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#ce4509  rgb(206, 69, 9)  hsl(18, 92%, 42%)  Sinopia
#ce0992  rgb(206, 9, 146)  hsl(318, 92%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#92ce09  rgb(146, 206, 9)  hsl(78, 92%, 42%)  Yellow Green