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#0899EA

#0899ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0899ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 60% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.58% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 201.5°, with 93.39% saturation and 47.45% 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 6.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2877

Complementary

  1. #0899ea
  2. #ea5908

Split complementary

  1. #0899ea
  2. #ea0828
  3. #eaca08

Analogous

  1. #08eaca
  2. #0899ea
  3. #0828ea

Triadic

  1. #0899ea
  2. #ea0899
  3. #99ea08

Tetradic

  1. #0899ea
  2. #5908ea
  3. #ea5908
  4. #99ea08

Square

  1. #0899ea
  2. #ca08ea
  3. #ea5908
  4. #28ea08

Monochromatic

  1. #033856
  2. #0569a0
  3. #0899ea
  4. #46b9f9
  5. #90d5fb

Shades

#0899ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0899ea
  2. #078ad3
  3. #067abb
  4. #066ba4
  5. #055c8c
  6. #044d75
  7. #033d5e
  8. #022e46
  9. #021f2f
  10. #010f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#0899ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0899ea
  2. #21a3ec
  3. #39adee
  4. #52b8f0
  5. #6bc2f2
  6. #84ccf5
  7. #9cd6f7
  8. #b5e0f9
  9. #ceebfb
  10. #e6f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0899ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0899ea
  2. #1497df
  3. #2094d5
  4. #2c92ca
  5. #388fc0
  6. #448db5
  7. #508aaa
  8. #5c88a0
  9. #688595
  10. #74838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7495bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #729ced ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #538ae8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a9bec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4190e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0899ea {
  color: #0899ea;
}
Background
.bg-0899ea {
  background-color: #0899ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0899ea {
  border: 2px solid #0899ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0899ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 153 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 93% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0899ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0899ea, #0828ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0899ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 153 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.69 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.72 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.72 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.20 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.24 #f76615 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0899ea  rgb(8, 153, 234)  hsl(202, 93%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#ea5908  rgb(234, 89, 8)  hsl(22, 93%, 47%)  Persimmon
#ea0899  rgb(234, 8, 153)  hsl(322, 93%, 47%)  Persian Rose
#99ea08  rgb(153, 234, 8)  hsl(82, 93%, 47%)  Spring Bud