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#189BEC

#189bec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#189bec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 60.78% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.83% cyan, 34.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 202.92°, with 84.8% saturation and 50.98% 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 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.35.

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Relative luminance0.2969

Complementary

  1. #189bec
  2. #ec6918

Split complementary

  1. #189bec
  2. #ec1831
  3. #ecd318

Analogous

  1. #18ecd3
  2. #189bec
  3. #1831ec

Triadic

  1. #189bec
  2. #ec189b
  3. #9bec18

Tetradic

  1. #189bec
  2. #6918ec
  3. #ec6918
  4. #9bec18

Square

  1. #189bec
  2. #d318ec
  3. #ec6918
  4. #31ec18

Monochromatic

  1. #084063
  2. #0e6eaa
  3. #189bec
  4. #5fbaf2
  5. #a5d8f8

Shades

#189bec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #189bec
  2. #168cd4
  3. #137cbd
  4. #116da5
  5. #0e5d8e
  6. #0c4e76
  7. #0a3e5e
  8. #072f47
  9. #051f2f
  10. #021018
  11. #000000

Tints

#189bec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #189bec
  2. #2fa5ee
  3. #46aff0
  4. #5db9f2
  5. #74c3f4
  6. #8ccdf6
  7. #a3d7f7
  8. #bae1f9
  9. #d1ebfb
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#189bec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #189bec
  2. #2298e1
  3. #2d96d6
  4. #3793cc
  5. #4290c1
  6. #4c8eb6
  7. #568bab
  8. #6188a0
  9. #6b8596
  10. #76838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7697be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749eef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #578cea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d9dee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4592eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-189bec {
  color: #189bec;
}
Background
.bg-189bec {
  background-color: #189bec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-189bec {
  border: 2px solid #189bec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #189bec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 155 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 85% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-189bec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #189bec, #1831ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-189bec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 155 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.75 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.82 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.98 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.75 #e76413 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#189bec  rgb(24, 155, 236)  hsl(203, 85%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ec6918  rgb(236, 105, 24)  hsl(23, 85%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ec189b  rgb(236, 24, 155)  hsl(323, 85%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#9bec18  rgb(155, 236, 24)  hsl(83, 85%, 51%)  Spring Bud