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#489EEB

#489eeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#489eeb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.36% cyan, 32.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 208.34°, with 80.3% saturation and 60.2% 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 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.76.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3183

Complementary

  1. #489eeb
  2. #eb9548

Split complementary

  1. #489eeb
  2. #eb484d
  3. #ebe648

Analogous

  1. #48ebe6
  2. #489eeb
  3. #484deb

Triadic

  1. #489eeb
  2. #eb489e
  3. #9eeb48

Tetradic

  1. #489eeb
  2. #9548eb
  3. #eb9548
  4. #9eeb48

Square

  1. #489eeb
  2. #e648eb
  3. #eb9548
  4. #4deb48

Monochromatic

  1. #0f508b
  2. #1778d0
  3. #489eeb
  4. #8dc3f3
  5. #d2e7fa

Shades

#489eeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #489eeb
  2. #418ed4
  3. #3a7ebc
  4. #326fa5
  5. #2b5f8d
  6. #244f76
  7. #1d3f5e
  8. #162f47
  9. #0e202f
  10. #071018
  11. #000000

Tints

#489eeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #489eeb
  2. #5aa8ed
  3. #6db1ef
  4. #7fbbf1
  5. #91c5f3
  6. #a4cff5
  7. #b6d8f7
  8. #c8e2f9
  9. #daecfb
  10. #edf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#489eeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #489eeb
  2. #4e9be0
  3. #5398d6
  4. #5995cb
  5. #5e92c0
  6. #648fb6
  7. #6a8cab
  8. #6f89a0
  9. #758695
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809bbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba1ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6492ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba0ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a97ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-489eeb {
  color: #489eeb;
}
Background
.bg-489eeb {
  background-color: #489eeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-489eeb {
  border: 2px solid #489eeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #489eeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 158 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-489eeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #489eeb, #484deb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-489eeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 158 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.22 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.72 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.74 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.39 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.26 #b76114 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#489eeb  rgb(72, 158, 235)  hsl(208, 80%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#eb9548  rgb(235, 149, 72)  hsl(28, 80%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb489e  rgb(235, 72, 158)  hsl(328, 80%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#9eeb48  rgb(158, 235, 72)  hsl(88, 80%, 60%)  Inchworm