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#1890CD

#1890cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1890cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 56.47% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.29% cyan, 29.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 200.22°, with 79.04% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.28.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2455

Complementary

  1. #1890cd
  2. #cd5518

Split complementary

  1. #1890cd
  2. #cd1836
  3. #cdaf18

Analogous

  1. #18cdaf
  2. #1890cd
  3. #1836cd

Triadic

  1. #1890cd
  2. #cd1890
  3. #90cd18

Tetradic

  1. #1890cd
  2. #5518cd
  3. #cd5518
  4. #90cd18

Square

  1. #1890cd
  2. #af18cd
  3. #cd5518
  4. #36cd18

Monochromatic

  1. #083044
  2. #106089
  3. #1890cd
  4. #48b3ea
  5. #8ccff2

Shades

#1890cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1890cd
  2. #1682b9
  3. #1373a4
  4. #116590
  5. #0e567b
  6. #0c4867
  7. #0a3a52
  8. #072b3e
  9. #051d29
  10. #020e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1890cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1890cd
  2. #2f9bd2
  3. #46a6d7
  4. #5db1dc
  5. #74bce1
  6. #8cc8e6
  7. #a3d3eb
  8. #badef0
  9. #d1e9f5
  10. #e8f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1890cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1890cd
  2. #228ec5
  3. #2d8dbe
  4. #378bb6
  5. #428aae
  6. #4c88a7
  7. #56869f
  8. #618597
  9. #6b838f
  10. #768288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c8ba8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7390d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b81cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b90cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4987cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1890cd {
  color: #1890cd;
}
Background
.bg-1890cd {
  background-color: #1890cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1890cd {
  border: 2px solid #1890cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1890cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 144 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 79% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1890cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1890cd, #1836cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1890cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 144 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.28 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.48 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.81 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.88 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.96 #e76f32 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1890cd  rgb(24, 144, 205)  hsl(200, 79%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#cd5518  rgb(205, 85, 24)  hsl(20, 79%, 45%)  Burnt Orange
#cd1890  rgb(205, 24, 144)  hsl(320, 79%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#90cd18  rgb(144, 205, 24)  hsl(80, 79%, 45%)  Yellow Green