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#009ACE

#009ace ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#009ace is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 60.39% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 195.15°, with 100% saturation and 40.39% 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 6.51:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.62.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2757

Complementary

  1. #009ace
  2. #ce3400

Split complementary

  1. #009ace
  2. #ce0033
  3. #ce9b00

Analogous

  1. #00ce9b
  2. #009ace
  3. #0033ce

Triadic

  1. #009ace
  2. #ce009a
  3. #9ace00

Tetradic

  1. #009ace
  2. #3400ce
  3. #ce3400
  4. #9ace00

Square

  1. #009ace
  2. #9b00ce
  3. #ce3400
  4. #33ce00

Monochromatic

  1. #002835
  2. #006181
  3. #009ace
  4. #1bc6ff
  5. #68d9ff

Shades

#009ace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #009ace
  2. #008bb9
  3. #007ba5
  4. #006c90
  5. #005c7c
  6. #004d67
  7. #003e52
  8. #002e3e
  9. #001f29
  10. #000f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#009ace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #009ace
  2. #1aa4d3
  3. #33aed8
  4. #4db8dd
  5. #66c2e2
  6. #80cde7
  7. #99d7eb
  8. #b3e1f0
  9. #ccebf5
  10. #e6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#009ace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #009ace
  2. #0d97c6
  3. #1a95be
  4. #2692b7
  5. #3390af
  6. #408da7
  7. #4d8a9f
  8. #5a8897
  9. #668590
  10. #738388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7194ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f98d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6888cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6499cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5190ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-009ace {
  color: #009ace;
}
Background
.bg-009ace {
  background-color: #009ace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-009ace {
  border: 2px solid #009ace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #009ace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 154 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-009ace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #009ace, #0033ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-009ace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 154 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.62 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.98 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.49 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.02 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.58 #ff6531 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#009ace  rgb(0, 154, 206)  hsl(195, 100%, 40%)  Carolina Blue
#ce3400  rgb(206, 52, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 40%)  Sinopia
#ce009a  rgb(206, 0, 154)  hsl(315, 100%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ace00  rgb(154, 206, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 40%)  Yellow Green