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#1998CD

#1998cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1998cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 59.61% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.8% cyan, 25.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 197.67°, 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 6.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.16.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2707

Complementary

  1. #1998cd
  2. #cd4e19

Split complementary

  1. #1998cd
  2. #cd193e
  3. #cda819

Analogous

  1. #19cda8
  2. #1998cd
  3. #193ecd

Triadic

  1. #1998cd
  2. #cd1998
  3. #98cd19

Tetradic

  1. #1998cd
  2. #4e19cd
  3. #cd4e19
  4. #98cd19

Square

  1. #1998cd
  2. #a819cd
  3. #cd4e19
  4. #3ecd19

Monochromatic

  1. #083345
  2. #116589
  3. #1998cd
  4. #4abae9
  5. #8ed4f1

Shades

#1998cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1998cd
  2. #1789b9
  3. #147aa4
  4. #126a90
  5. #0f5b7b
  6. #0d4c67
  7. #0a3d52
  8. #082e3e
  9. #051e29
  10. #030f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1998cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1998cd
  2. #30a2d2
  3. #47add7
  4. #5eb7dc
  5. #75c1e1
  6. #8ccce6
  7. #a3d6eb
  8. #bae0f0
  9. #d1eaf5
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1998cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1998cd
  2. #2396c5
  3. #2e93be
  4. #3891b6
  5. #428eae
  6. #4d8ca7
  7. #578a9f
  8. #618797
  9. #6b858f
  10. #768288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7192ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e97cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6787cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a6aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6497ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #528ecc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a1b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1998cd {
  color: #1998cd;
}
Background
.bg-1998cd {
  background-color: #1998cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1998cd {
  border: 2px solid #1998cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1998cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 152 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1998cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1998cd, #193ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1998cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 152 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.16 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.55 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.65 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.70 #e66732 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1998cd  rgb(25, 152, 205)  hsl(198, 78%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#cd4e19  rgb(205, 78, 25)  hsl(18, 78%, 45%)  Sinopia
#cd1998  rgb(205, 25, 152)  hsl(318, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#98cd19  rgb(152, 205, 25)  hsl(78, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green