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#1990CD

#1990cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1990cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 56.47% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.8% cyan, 29.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 200.33°, with 78.26% saturation and 45.1% 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 6.26.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2456

Complementary

  1. #1990cd
  2. #cd5619

Split complementary

  1. #1990cd
  2. #cd1936
  3. #cdb019

Analogous

  1. #19cdb0
  2. #1990cd
  3. #1936cd

Triadic

  1. #1990cd
  2. #cd1990
  3. #90cd19

Tetradic

  1. #1990cd
  2. #5619cd
  3. #cd5619
  4. #90cd19

Square

  1. #1990cd
  2. #b019cd
  3. #cd5619
  4. #36cd19

Monochromatic

  1. #083045
  2. #116089
  3. #1990cd
  4. #4ab3e9
  5. #8ed0f1

Shades

#1990cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1990cd
  2. #1782b9
  3. #1473a4
  4. #126590
  5. #0f567b
  6. #0d4867
  7. #0a3a52
  8. #082b3e
  9. #051d29
  10. #030e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1990cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1990cd
  2. #309bd2
  3. #47a6d7
  4. #5eb1dc
  5. #75bce1
  6. #8cc8e6
  7. #a3d3eb
  8. #badef0
  9. #d1e9f5
  10. #e8f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1990cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1990cd
  2. #238ec5
  3. #2e8dbe
  4. #388bb6
  5. #428aae
  6. #4d88a7
  7. #57869f
  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 #5c90cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4987cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1990cd {
  color: #1990cd;
}
Background
.bg-1990cd {
  background-color: #1990cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1990cd {
  border: 2px solid #1990cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1990cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 144 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1990cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1990cd, #1936cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1990cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 144 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.26 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.35 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.44 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.76 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.90 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.93 #e66f32 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1990cd  rgb(25, 144, 205)  hsl(200, 78%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#cd5619  rgb(205, 86, 25)  hsl(20, 78%, 45%)  Burnt Orange
#cd1990  rgb(205, 25, 144)  hsl(320, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#90cd19  rgb(144, 205, 25)  hsl(80, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green