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#489FDB

#489fdb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#489fdb 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.12% cyan, 27.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 204.49°, with 67.12% saturation and 57.06% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.56.

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Relative luminance0.3129

Complementary

  1. #489fdb
  2. #db8448

Split complementary

  1. #489fdb
  2. #db4856
  3. #dbcd48

Analogous

  1. #48dbcd
  2. #489fdb
  3. #4856db

Triadic

  1. #489fdb
  2. #db489f
  3. #9fdb48

Tetradic

  1. #489fdb
  2. #8448db
  3. #db8448
  4. #9fdb48

Square

  1. #489fdb
  2. #cd48db
  3. #db8448
  4. #56db48

Monochromatic

  1. #174e73
  2. #2378b3
  3. #489fdb
  4. #88c1e8
  5. #c8e2f4

Shades

#489fdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #489fdb
  2. #418fc5
  3. #3a7faf
  4. #326f99
  5. #2b5f83
  6. #24506e
  7. #1d4058
  8. #163042
  9. #0e202c
  10. #071016
  11. #000000

Tints

#489fdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #489fdb
  2. #5aa9df
  3. #6db2e2
  4. #7fbce6
  5. #91c5e9
  6. #a4cfed
  7. #b6d9f1
  8. #c8e2f4
  9. #daecf8
  10. #edf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#489fdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #489fdb
  2. #4e9cd2
  3. #5399c9
  4. #5996c0
  5. #5e93b7
  6. #6490ae
  7. #6a8ca4
  8. #6f899b
  9. #758692
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9bb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a0de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7091da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #719fdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6297da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-489fdb {
  color: #489fdb;
}
Background
.bg-489fdb {
  background-color: #489fdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-489fdb {
  border: 2px solid #489fdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #489fdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 159 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 67% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-489fdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #489fdb, #4856db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-489fdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 159 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.86 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.52 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.33 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.81 #b76024 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#489fdb  rgb(72, 159, 219)  hsl(204, 67%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#db8448  rgb(219, 132, 72)  hsl(24, 67%, 57%)  Raw Sienna
#db489f  rgb(219, 72, 159)  hsl(324, 67%, 57%)  Mulberry
#9fdb48  rgb(159, 219, 72)  hsl(84, 67%, 57%)  Yellow Green