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#489CD6

#489cd6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#489cd6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 61.18% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.36% cyan, 27.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 204.51°, with 63.39% saturation and 56.08% 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 7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.78.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3001

Complementary

  1. #489cd6
  2. #d68248

Split complementary

  1. #489cd6
  2. #d64855
  3. #d6c948

Analogous

  1. #48d6c9
  2. #489cd6
  3. #4855d6

Triadic

  1. #489cd6
  2. #d6489c
  3. #9cd648

Tetradic

  1. #489cd6
  2. #8248d6
  3. #d68248
  4. #9cd648

Square

  1. #489cd6
  2. #c948d6
  3. #d68248
  4. #55d648

Monochromatic

  1. #184a6d
  2. #2675ab
  3. #489cd6
  4. #87bee4
  5. #c5e0f2

Shades

#489cd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #489cd6
  2. #418cc1
  3. #3a7dab
  4. #326d96
  5. #2b5e80
  6. #244e6b
  7. #1d3e56
  8. #162f40
  9. #0e1f2b
  10. #071015
  11. #000000

Tints

#489cd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #489cd6
  2. #5aa6da
  3. #6db0de
  4. #7fbae2
  5. #91c4e6
  6. #a4ceeb
  7. #b6d7ef
  8. #c8e1f3
  9. #daebf7
  10. #edf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#489cd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #489cd6
  2. #4e99cd
  3. #5396c5
  4. #5994bc
  5. #5e91b4
  6. #648eab
  7. #6a8ba2
  8. #6f889a
  9. #758691
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d98b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829dd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8fd5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9cd8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6194d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-489cd6 {
  color: #489cd6;
}
Background
.bg-489cd6 {
  background-color: #489cd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-489cd6 {
  border: 2px solid #489cd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #489cd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 156 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 63% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-489cd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #489cd6, #4855d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-489cd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 156 214 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.46 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.11 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.28 #b76329 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#489cd6  rgb(72, 156, 214)  hsl(205, 63%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#d68248  rgb(214, 130, 72)  hsl(25, 63%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#d6489c  rgb(214, 72, 156)  hsl(325, 63%, 56%)  Mulberry
#9cd648  rgb(156, 214, 72)  hsl(85, 63%, 56%)  Yellow Green