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#189FDD

#189fdd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#189fdd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 62.35% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.14% cyan, 28.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.88°, with 80.41% saturation and 48.04% 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 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.84.

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Relative luminance0.3021

Complementary

  1. #189fdd
  2. #dd5618

Split complementary

  1. #189fdd
  2. #dd183d
  3. #ddb818

Analogous

  1. #18ddb8
  2. #189fdd
  3. #183ddd

Triadic

  1. #189fdd
  2. #dd189f
  3. #9fdd18

Tetradic

  1. #189fdd
  2. #5618dd
  3. #dd5618
  4. #9fdd18

Square

  1. #189fdd
  2. #b818dd
  3. #dd5618
  4. #3ddd18

Monochromatic

  1. #093c53
  2. #116d98
  3. #189fdd
  4. #55bded
  5. #9ad8f4

Shades

#189fdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #189fdd
  2. #168fc7
  3. #137fb1
  4. #116f9b
  5. #0e5f85
  6. #0c506f
  7. #0a4058
  8. #073042
  9. #05202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#189fdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #189fdd
  2. #2fa9e0
  3. #46b2e4
  4. #5dbce7
  5. #74c5eb
  6. #8ccfee
  7. #a3d9f1
  8. #bae2f5
  9. #d1ecf8
  10. #e8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#189fdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #189fdd
  2. #229cd4
  3. #2d99ca
  4. #3796c1
  5. #4293b8
  6. #4c90af
  7. #568ca5
  8. #61899c
  9. #6b8693
  10. #768389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7799b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819fe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678edc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679fdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5395dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-189fdd {
  color: #189fdd;
}
Background
.bg-189fdd {
  background-color: #189fdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-189fdd {
  border: 2px solid #189fdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #189fdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 159 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 80% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-189fdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #189fdd, #183ddd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-189fdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 159 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.34 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.20 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.21 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.44 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.54 #e76022 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#189fdd  rgb(24, 159, 221)  hsl(199, 80%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#dd5618  rgb(221, 86, 24)  hsl(19, 80%, 48%)  Flame
#dd189f  rgb(221, 24, 159)  hsl(319, 80%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fdd18  rgb(159, 221, 24)  hsl(79, 80%, 48%)  Yellow Green