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#1998DC

#1998dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1998dc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.64% cyan, 30.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 200.92°, with 79.59% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2783

Complementary

  1. #1998dc
  2. #dc5d19

Split complementary

  1. #1998dc
  2. #dc1937
  3. #dcbe19

Analogous

  1. #19dcbe
  2. #1998dc
  3. #1937dc

Triadic

  1. #1998dc
  2. #dc1998
  3. #98dc19

Tetradic

  1. #1998dc
  2. #5d19dc
  3. #dc5d19
  4. #98dc19

Square

  1. #1998dc
  2. #be19dc
  3. #dc5d19
  4. #37dc19

Monochromatic

  1. #093953
  2. #116997
  3. #1998dc
  4. #56b7ec
  5. #9ad4f4

Shades

#1998dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1998dc
  2. #1789c6
  3. #147ab0
  4. #126a9a
  5. #0f5b84
  6. #0d4c6e
  7. #0a3d58
  8. #082e42
  9. #051e2c
  10. #030f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#1998dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1998dc
  2. #30a2e0
  3. #47ade3
  4. #5eb7e7
  5. #75c1ea
  6. #8cccee
  7. #a3d6f1
  8. #bae0f5
  9. #d1eaf8
  10. #e8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1998dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1998dc
  2. #2396d3
  3. #2e93ca
  4. #3891c0
  5. #428eb7
  6. #4d8cae
  7. #578aa5
  8. #61879c
  9. #6b8592
  10. #768289
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7393b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7799df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d88db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f99de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b8fdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1998dc {
  color: #1998dc;
}
Background
.bg-1998dc {
  background-color: #1998dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1998dc {
  border: 2px solid #1998dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1998dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 152 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 80% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1998dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1998dc, #1937dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1998dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 152 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.33 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.86 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.82 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.89 #e66723 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1998dc  rgb(25, 152, 220)  hsl(201, 80%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#dc5d19  rgb(220, 93, 25)  hsl(21, 80%, 48%)  Persimmon
#dc1998  rgb(220, 25, 152)  hsl(321, 80%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#98dc19  rgb(152, 220, 25)  hsl(81, 80%, 48%)  Yellow Green