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#009FDC

#009fdc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#009fdc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 62.35% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 27.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 196.64°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 6.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2996

Complementary

  1. #009fdc
  2. #dc3d00

Split complementary

  1. #009fdc
  2. #dc0031
  3. #dcab00

Analogous

  1. #00dcab
  2. #009fdc
  3. #0031dc

Triadic

  1. #009fdc
  2. #dc009f
  3. #9fdc00

Tetradic

  1. #009fdc
  2. #3d00dc
  3. #dc3d00
  4. #9fdc00

Square

  1. #009fdc
  2. #ab00dc
  3. #dc3d00
  4. #31dc00

Monochromatic

  1. #003043
  2. #006890
  3. #009fdc
  4. #2ac4ff
  5. #76d9ff

Shades

#009fdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #009fdc
  2. #008fc6
  3. #007fb0
  4. #006f9a
  5. #005f84
  6. #00506e
  7. #004058
  8. #003042
  9. #00202c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#009fdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #009fdc
  2. #1aa9e0
  3. #33b2e3
  4. #4dbce7
  5. #66c5ea
  6. #80cfee
  7. #99d9f1
  8. #b3e2f5
  9. #ccecf8
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#009fdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #009fdc
  2. #0d9cd3
  3. #1a99ca
  4. #2696c0
  5. #3393b7
  6. #4090ae
  7. #4d8ca5
  8. #5a899c
  9. #668692
  10. #738389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819edf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678ddb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659fde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5095db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-009fdc {
  color: #009fdc;
}
Background
.bg-009fdc {
  background-color: #009fdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-009fdc {
  border: 2px solid #009fdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #009fdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 159 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-009fdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #009fdc, #0031dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-009fdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 159 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.61 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.83 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.99 #ff6023 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#009fdc  rgb(0, 159, 220)  hsl(197, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dc3d00  rgb(220, 61, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dc009f  rgb(220, 0, 159)  hsl(317, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fdc00  rgb(159, 220, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green