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#389FF2

#389ff2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#389ff2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 62.35% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.86% cyan, 34.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 206.77°, with 87.74% saturation and 58.43% 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 7.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.12.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3205

Complementary

  1. #389ff2
  2. #f28b38

Split complementary

  1. #389ff2
  2. #f23842
  3. #f2e838

Analogous

  1. #38f2e8
  2. #389ff2
  3. #3842f2

Triadic

  1. #389ff2
  2. #f2389f
  3. #9ff238

Tetradic

  1. #389ff2
  2. #8b38f2
  3. #f28b38
  4. #9ff238

Square

  1. #389ff2
  2. #e838f2
  3. #f28b38
  4. #42f238

Monochromatic

  1. #094f88
  2. #0e79d0
  3. #389ff2
  4. #80c2f7
  5. #c8e4fb

Shades

#389ff2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #389ff2
  2. #328fda
  3. #2d7fc2
  4. #276fa9
  5. #225f91
  6. #1c5079
  7. #164061
  8. #113049
  9. #0b2030
  10. #061018
  11. #000000

Tints

#389ff2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #389ff2
  2. #4ca9f3
  3. #60b2f5
  4. #74bcf6
  5. #88c5f7
  6. #9ccff9
  7. #afd9fa
  8. #c3e2fb
  9. #d7ecfc
  10. #ebf5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#389ff2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #389ff2
  2. #3f9ce7
  3. #4699db
  4. #4e96d0
  5. #5593c4
  6. #5c90b9
  7. #638cae
  8. #6a89a2
  9. #728697
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9cc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a3f5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d92f0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a1f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5197f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-389ff2 {
  color: #389ff2;
}
Background
.bg-389ff2 {
  background-color: #389ff2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-389ff2 {
  border: 2px solid #389ff2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #389ff2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 159 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 88% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-389ff2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #389ff2, #3842f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-389ff2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 159 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.27 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.83 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.58 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.23 #c7600d Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#389ff2  rgb(56, 159, 242)  hsl(207, 88%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#f28b38  rgb(242, 139, 56)  hsl(27, 88%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#f2389f  rgb(242, 56, 159)  hsl(327, 88%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#9ff238  rgb(159, 242, 56)  hsl(87, 88%, 58%)  Green Yellow