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#489FCE

#489fce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#489fce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 62.35% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.05% cyan, 22.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 201.04°, with 57.76% saturation and 54.51% 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 7.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3063

Complementary

  1. #489fce
  2. #ce7748

Split complementary

  1. #489fce
  2. #ce485c
  3. #ceba48

Analogous

  1. #48ceba
  2. #489fce
  3. #485cce

Triadic

  1. #489fce
  2. #ce489f
  3. #9fce48

Tetradic

  1. #489fce
  2. #7748ce
  3. #ce7748
  4. #9fce48

Square

  1. #489fce
  2. #ba48ce
  3. #ce7748
  4. #5cce48

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4963
  2. #2b769f
  3. #489fce
  4. #84bfde
  5. #c1deee

Shades

#489fce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #489fce
  2. #418fb9
  3. #3a7fa5
  4. #326f90
  5. #2b5f7c
  6. #245067
  7. #1d4052
  8. #16303e
  9. #0e2029
  10. #071015
  11. #000000

Tints

#489fce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #489fce
  2. #5aa9d3
  3. #6db2d8
  4. #7fbcdd
  5. #91c5e2
  6. #a4cfe7
  7. #b6d9eb
  8. #c8e2f0
  9. #daecf5
  10. #edf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#489fce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #489fce
  2. #4e9cc6
  3. #5399be
  4. #5996b7
  5. #5e93af
  6. #6490a7
  7. #6a8c9f
  8. #6f8997
  9. #758690
  10. #7a8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9aaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #899ed0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7690cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #749ecf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6796ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-489fce {
  color: #489fce;
}
Background
.bg-489fce {
  background-color: #489fce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-489fce {
  border: 2px solid #489fce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #489fce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 159 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 58% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-489fce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #489fce, #485cce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-489fce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 159 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.55 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.88 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.77 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.45 #b76031 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#489fce  rgb(72, 159, 206)  hsl(201, 58%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ce7748  rgb(206, 119, 72)  hsl(21, 58%, 55%)  Raw Sienna
#ce489f  rgb(206, 72, 159)  hsl(321, 58%, 55%)  Mulberry
#9fce48  rgb(159, 206, 72)  hsl(81, 58%, 55%)  Yellow Green