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#489BDA

#489bda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#489bda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 60.78% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.97% cyan, 28.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 205.89°, with 66.36% saturation and 56.86% 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 6.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.44.

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Relative luminance0.2988

Complementary

  1. #489bda
  2. #da8748

Split complementary

  1. #489bda
  2. #da4852
  3. #dad048

Analogous

  1. #48dad0
  2. #489bda
  3. #4852da

Triadic

  1. #489bda
  2. #da489b
  3. #9bda48

Tetradic

  1. #489bda
  2. #8748da
  3. #da8748
  4. #9bda48

Square

  1. #489bda
  2. #d048da
  3. #da8748
  4. #52da48

Monochromatic

  1. #174b72
  2. #2474b2
  3. #489bda
  4. #88bee7
  5. #c7e1f4

Shades

#489bda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #489bda
  2. #418cc4
  3. #3a7cae
  4. #326d99
  5. #2b5d83
  6. #244e6d
  7. #1d3e57
  8. #162f41
  9. #0e1f2c
  10. #071016
  11. #000000

Tints

#489bda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #489bda
  2. #5aa5de
  3. #6dafe1
  4. #7fb9e5
  5. #91c3e9
  6. #a4cded
  7. #b6d7f0
  8. #c8e1f4
  9. #daebf8
  10. #edf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#489bda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #489bda
  2. #4e98d1
  3. #5396c8
  4. #5993bf
  5. #5e90b6
  6. #648ead
  7. #6a8ba4
  8. #6f889b
  9. #758592
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d97b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9cdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b8ed9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9cdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f94d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-489bda {
  color: #489bda;
}
Background
.bg-489bda {
  background-color: #489bda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-489bda {
  border: 2px solid #489bda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #489bda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 155 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 66% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-489bda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #489bda, #4852da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-489bda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 155 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.46 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.56 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.51 #b76425 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#489bda  rgb(72, 155, 218)  hsl(206, 66%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#da8748  rgb(218, 135, 72)  hsl(26, 66%, 57%)  Persian Orange
#da489b  rgb(218, 72, 155)  hsl(326, 66%, 57%)  Mulberry
#9bda48  rgb(155, 218, 72)  hsl(86, 66%, 57%)  Yellow Green