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#1998EA

#1998ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1998ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.32% cyan, 35.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.54°, with 83.27% saturation and 50.78% 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 6.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.75.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.286

Complementary

  1. #1998ea
  2. #ea6b19

Split complementary

  1. #1998ea
  2. #ea192f
  3. #ead319

Analogous

  1. #19ead3
  2. #1998ea
  3. #192fea

Triadic

  1. #1998ea
  2. #ea1998
  3. #98ea19

Tetradic

  1. #1998ea
  2. #6b19ea
  3. #ea6b19
  4. #98ea19

Square

  1. #1998ea
  2. #d319ea
  3. #ea6b19
  4. #2fea19

Monochromatic

  1. #093e61
  2. #0f6ca7
  3. #1998ea
  4. #5fb7f0
  5. #a5d7f7

Shades

#1998ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1998ea
  2. #1789d3
  3. #147abb
  4. #126aa4
  5. #0f5b8c
  6. #0d4c75
  7. #0a3d5e
  8. #082e46
  9. #051e2f
  10. #030f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1998ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1998ea
  2. #30a2ec
  3. #47adee
  4. #5eb7f0
  5. #75c1f2
  6. #8cccf5
  7. #a3d6f7
  8. #bae0f9
  9. #d1eafb
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1998ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1998ea
  2. #2396df
  3. #2e93d5
  4. #3891ca
  5. #428ec0
  6. #4d8cb5
  7. #578aaa
  8. #6187a0
  9. #6b8595
  10. #76828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7494bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #709bed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #538ae8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a9aec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4390e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1998ea {
  color: #1998ea;
}
Background
.bg-1998ea {
  background-color: #1998ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1998ea {
  border: 2px solid #1998ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1998ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 152 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1998ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1998ea, #192fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1998ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 152 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.75 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.53 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.91 #e66715 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1998ea  rgb(25, 152, 234)  hsl(204, 83%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ea6b19  rgb(234, 107, 25)  hsl(24, 83%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ea1998  rgb(234, 25, 152)  hsl(324, 83%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#98ea19  rgb(152, 234, 25)  hsl(84, 83%, 51%)  Spring Bud