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#189FEF

#189fef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#189fef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.96% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 202.33°, with 87.04% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.11.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3122

Complementary

  1. #189fef
  2. #ef6818

Split complementary

  1. #189fef
  2. #ef1833
  3. #efd418

Analogous

  1. #18efd4
  2. #189fef
  3. #1833ef

Triadic

  1. #189fef
  2. #ef189f
  3. #9fef18

Tetradic

  1. #189fef
  2. #6818ef
  3. #ef6818
  4. #9fef18

Square

  1. #189fef
  2. #d418ef
  3. #ef6818
  4. #33ef18

Monochromatic

  1. #074367
  2. #0c72ae
  3. #189fef
  4. #60bdf4
  5. #a7daf9

Shades

#189fef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #189fef
  2. #168fd7
  3. #137fbf
  4. #116fa7
  5. #0e5f8f
  6. #0c5078
  7. #0a4060
  8. #073048
  9. #052030
  10. #021018
  11. #000000

Tints

#189fef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #189fef
  2. #2fa9f1
  3. #46b2f2
  4. #5dbcf4
  5. #74c5f5
  6. #8ccff7
  7. #a3d9f9
  8. #bae2fa
  9. #d1ecfc
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#189fef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #189fef
  2. #229ce4
  3. #2d99d9
  4. #3796ce
  5. #4293c3
  6. #4c90b8
  7. #568cac
  8. #6189a1
  9. #6b8696
  10. #76838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799bc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a2f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8fee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a1f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4996ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-189fef {
  color: #189fef;
}
Background
.bg-189fef {
  background-color: #189fef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-189fef {
  border: 2px solid #189fef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #189fef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 159 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 87% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-189fef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #189fef, #1833ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-189fef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 159 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.92 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.23 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.64 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.62 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.45 #e76010 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#189fef  rgb(24, 159, 239)  hsl(202, 87%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ef6818  rgb(239, 104, 24)  hsl(22, 87%, 52%)  Persimmon
#ef189f  rgb(239, 24, 159)  hsl(322, 87%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#9fef18  rgb(159, 239, 24)  hsl(82, 87%, 52%)  Spring Bud