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#1892CA

#1892ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1892ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 57.25% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.12% cyan, 27.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 198.88°, with 78.76% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2502

Complementary

  1. #1892ca
  2. #ca5018

Split complementary

  1. #1892ca
  2. #ca1839
  3. #caa918

Analogous

  1. #18caa9
  2. #1892ca
  3. #1839ca

Triadic

  1. #1892ca
  2. #ca1892
  3. #92ca18

Tetradic

  1. #1892ca
  2. #5018ca
  3. #ca5018
  4. #92ca18

Square

  1. #1892ca
  2. #a918ca
  3. #ca5018
  4. #39ca18

Monochromatic

  1. #082f41
  2. #106186
  3. #1892ca
  4. #46b6e9
  5. #8ad1f1

Shades

#1892ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1892ca
  2. #1683b6
  3. #1375a2
  4. #11668d
  5. #0e5879
  6. #0c4965
  7. #0a3a51
  8. #072c3d
  9. #051d28
  10. #020f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1892ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1892ca
  2. #2f9dcf
  3. #46a8d5
  4. #5db3da
  5. #74bedf
  6. #8cc9e5
  7. #a3d3ea
  8. #badeef
  9. #d1e9f4
  10. #e8f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1892ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1892ca
  2. #2290c3
  3. #2d8ebb
  4. #378db4
  5. #428bac
  6. #4c89a5
  7. #56879e
  8. #618596
  9. #6b848f
  10. #768287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8da7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7792cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6082c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f92cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d89c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009bb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1892ca {
  color: #1892ca;
}
Background
.bg-1892ca {
  background-color: #1892ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1892ca {
  border: 2px solid #1892ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1892ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 146 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 79% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1892ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1892ca, #1839ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1892ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 146 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.04 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.17 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.23 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.53 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.78 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.00 #e76d35 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1892ca  rgb(24, 146, 202)  hsl(199, 79%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#ca5018  rgb(202, 80, 24)  hsl(19, 79%, 44%)  Sinopia
#ca1892  rgb(202, 24, 146)  hsl(319, 79%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#92ca18  rgb(146, 202, 24)  hsl(79, 79%, 44%)  Yellow Green