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#1998EB

#1998eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1998eb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.36% cyan, 35.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 203.71°, with 84% saturation and 50.98% 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 6.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.79.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2866

Complementary

  1. #1998eb
  2. #eb6c19

Split complementary

  1. #1998eb
  2. #eb192f
  3. #ebd519

Analogous

  1. #19ebd5
  2. #1998eb
  3. #192feb

Triadic

  1. #1998eb
  2. #eb1998
  3. #98eb19

Tetradic

  1. #1998eb
  2. #6c19eb
  3. #eb6c19
  4. #98eb19

Square

  1. #1998eb
  2. #d519eb
  3. #eb6c19
  4. #2feb19

Monochromatic

  1. #093f62
  2. #0f6ca9
  3. #1998eb
  4. #5fb8f1
  5. #a6d7f7

Shades

#1998eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1998eb
  2. #1789d4
  3. #147abc
  4. #126aa5
  5. #0f5b8d
  6. #0d4c76
  7. #0a3d5e
  8. #082e47
  9. #051e2f
  10. #030f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#1998eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1998eb
  2. #30a2ed
  3. #47adef
  4. #5eb7f1
  5. #75c1f3
  6. #8cccf5
  7. #a3d6f7
  8. #bae0f9
  9. #d1eafb
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1998eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1998eb
  2. #2396e0
  3. #2e93d6
  4. #3891cb
  5. #428ec0
  6. #4d8cb6
  7. #578aab
  8. #6187a0
  9. #6b8595
  10. #76828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7494bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #709cee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #528ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #599aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4290ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1998eb {
  color: #1998eb;
}
Background
.bg-1998eb {
  background-color: #1998eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1998eb {
  border: 2px solid #1998eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1998eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 152 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1998eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1998eb, #192feb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1998eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 152 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.85 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.98 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.58 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.43 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.94 #e66714 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1998eb  rgb(25, 152, 235)  hsl(204, 84%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#eb6c19  rgb(235, 108, 25)  hsl(24, 84%, 51%)  Pumpkin
#eb1998  rgb(235, 25, 152)  hsl(324, 84%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#98eb19  rgb(152, 235, 25)  hsl(84, 84%, 51%)  Spring Bud