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#009CD6

#009cd6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#009cd6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 61.18% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 27.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 196.26°, with 100% saturation and 41.96% 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 6.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2863

Complementary

  1. #009cd6
  2. #d63a00

Split complementary

  1. #009cd6
  2. #d60031
  3. #d6a500

Analogous

  1. #00d6a5
  2. #009cd6
  3. #0031d6

Triadic

  1. #009cd6
  2. #d6009c
  3. #9cd600

Tetradic

  1. #009cd6
  2. #3a00d6
  3. #d63a00
  4. #9cd600

Square

  1. #009cd6
  2. #a500d6
  3. #d63a00
  4. #31d600

Monochromatic

  1. #002c3d
  2. #006489
  3. #009cd6
  4. #23c4ff
  5. #70d8ff

Shades

#009cd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #009cd6
  2. #008cc1
  3. #007dab
  4. #006d96
  5. #005e80
  6. #004e6b
  7. #003e56
  8. #002f40
  9. #001f2b
  10. #001015
  11. #000000

Tints

#009cd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #009cd6
  2. #1aa6da
  3. #33b0de
  4. #4dbae2
  5. #66c4e6
  6. #80ceeb
  7. #99d7ef
  8. #b3e1f3
  9. #ccebf7
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#009cd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #009cd6
  2. #0d99cd
  3. #1a96c5
  4. #2694bc
  5. #3391b4
  6. #408eab
  7. #4d8ba2
  8. #5a889a
  9. #668691
  10. #738389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7396b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9bd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #668ad5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649bd8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5092d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-009cd6 {
  color: #009cd6;
}
Background
.bg-009cd6 {
  background-color: #009cd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-009cd6 {
  border: 2px solid #009cd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #009cd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 156 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-009cd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #009cd6, #0031d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-009cd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 156 214 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.73 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.68 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.08 #ff6329 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#009cd6  rgb(0, 156, 214)  hsl(196, 100%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#d63a00  rgb(214, 58, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d6009c  rgb(214, 0, 156)  hsl(316, 100%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cd600  rgb(156, 214, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 42%)  Yellow Green