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#489EE7

#489ee7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#489ee7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 61.96% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.83% cyan, 31.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 207.55°, with 76.81% saturation and 59.41% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.28.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.316

Complementary

  1. #489ee7
  2. #e79148

Split complementary

  1. #489ee7
  2. #e7484e
  3. #e7e148

Analogous

  1. #48e7e1
  2. #489ee7
  3. #484ee7

Triadic

  1. #489ee7
  2. #e7489e
  3. #9ee748

Tetradic

  1. #489ee7
  2. #9148e7
  3. #e79148
  4. #9ee748

Square

  1. #489ee7
  2. #e148e7
  3. #e79148
  4. #4ee748

Monochromatic

  1. #115085
  2. #1a78c8
  3. #489ee7
  4. #8cc2f0
  5. #cfe6f9

Shades

#489ee7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #489ee7
  2. #418ed0
  3. #3a7eb9
  4. #326fa2
  5. #2b5f8b
  6. #244f74
  7. #1d3f5c
  8. #162f45
  9. #0e202e
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#489ee7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #489ee7
  2. #5aa8e9
  3. #6db1ec
  4. #7fbbee
  5. #91c5f1
  6. #a4cff3
  7. #b6d8f5
  8. #c8e2f8
  9. #daecfa
  10. #edf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#489ee7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #489ee7
  2. #4e9bdd
  3. #5398d2
  4. #5995c8
  5. #5e92be
  6. #648fb4
  7. #6a8ca9
  8. #6f899f
  9. #758695
  10. #7a838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809bbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da1ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6792e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca0e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c97e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-489ee7 {
  color: #489ee7;
}
Background
.bg-489ee7 {
  background-color: #489ee7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-489ee7 {
  border: 2px solid #489ee7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #489ee7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 158 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 77% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-489ee7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #489ee7, #484ee7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-489ee7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 158 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.28 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.85 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.99 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.73 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.97 #b76118 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#489ee7  rgb(72, 158, 231)  hsl(208, 77%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#e79148  rgb(231, 145, 72)  hsl(28, 77%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#e7489e  rgb(231, 72, 158)  hsl(328, 77%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#9ee748  rgb(158, 231, 72)  hsl(88, 77%, 59%)  Inchworm