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#0094CD

#0094cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0094cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 58.04% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 27.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.68°, with 100% saturation and 40.2% 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 6.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.95.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2559

Complementary

  1. #0094cd
  2. #cd3900

Split complementary

  1. #0094cd
  2. #cd002e
  3. #cda000

Analogous

  1. #00cda0
  2. #0094cd
  3. #002ecd

Triadic

  1. #0094cd
  2. #cd0094
  3. #94cd00

Tetradic

  1. #0094cd
  2. #3900cd
  3. #cd3900
  4. #94cd00

Square

  1. #0094cd
  2. #a000cd
  3. #cd3900
  4. #2ecd00

Monochromatic

  1. #002634
  2. #005d81
  3. #0094cd
  4. #1bbfff
  5. #67d5ff

Shades

#0094cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0094cd
  2. #0085b9
  3. #0076a4
  4. #006890
  5. #00597b
  6. #004a67
  7. #003b52
  8. #002c3e
  9. #001e29
  10. #000f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0094cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0094cd
  2. #1a9fd2
  3. #33a9d7
  4. #4db4dc
  5. #66bfe1
  6. #80cae6
  7. #99d4eb
  8. #b3dff0
  9. #cceaf5
  10. #e6f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0094cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0094cd
  2. #0d92c5
  3. #1a90be
  4. #268eb6
  5. #338cae
  6. #408aa7
  7. #4d889f
  8. #5a8697
  9. #66848f
  10. #738288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8ea9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7893d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f83cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e94cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b8acc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009db8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0094cd {
  color: #0094cd;
}
Background
.bg-0094cd {
  background-color: #0094cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0094cd {
  border: 2px solid #0094cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0094cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 148 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0094cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0094cd, #002ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0094cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 148 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.95 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.31 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.83 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.02 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.50 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.50 #ff6b32 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0094cd  rgb(0, 148, 205)  hsl(197, 100%, 40%)  Carolina Blue
#cd3900  rgb(205, 57, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 40%)  Sinopia
#cd0094  rgb(205, 0, 148)  hsl(317, 100%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#94cd00  rgb(148, 205, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 40%)  Yellow Green