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#1998DA

#1998da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1998da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 59.61% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.53% cyan, 30.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 200.52°, with 79.42% saturation and 47.65% 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 6.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2773

Complementary

  1. #1998da
  2. #da5b19

Split complementary

  1. #1998da
  2. #da1938
  3. #dabc19

Analogous

  1. #19dabc
  2. #1998da
  3. #1938da

Triadic

  1. #1998da
  2. #da1998
  3. #98da19

Tetradic

  1. #1998da
  2. #5b19da
  3. #da5b19
  4. #98da19

Square

  1. #1998da
  2. #bc19da
  3. #da5b19
  4. #38da19

Monochromatic

  1. #093851
  2. #116895
  3. #1998da
  4. #54b8eb
  5. #99d4f3

Shades

#1998da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1998da
  2. #1789c4
  3. #147aae
  4. #126a99
  5. #0f5b83
  6. #0d4c6d
  7. #0a3d57
  8. #082e41
  9. #051e2c
  10. #030f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#1998da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1998da
  2. #30a2de
  3. #47ade1
  4. #5eb7e5
  5. #75c1e9
  6. #8ccced
  7. #a3d6f0
  8. #bae0f4
  9. #d1eaf8
  10. #e8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1998da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1998da
  2. #2396d1
  3. #2e93c8
  4. #3891bf
  5. #428eb6
  6. #4d8cad
  7. #578aa4
  8. #61879b
  9. #6b8592
  10. #768289
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7393b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7899dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f88d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6098dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c8fd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1998da {
  color: #1998da;
}
Background
.bg-1998da {
  background-color: #1998da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1998da {
  border: 2px solid #1998da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1998da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 152 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 79% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1998da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1998da, #1938da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1998da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 152 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.34 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.63 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.08 #e66725 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1998da  rgb(25, 152, 218)  hsl(201, 79%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#da5b19  rgb(218, 91, 25)  hsl(21, 79%, 48%)  Flame
#da1998  rgb(218, 25, 152)  hsl(321, 79%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#98da19  rgb(152, 218, 25)  hsl(81, 79%, 48%)  Yellow Green