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#01ACF1

#01acf1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#01acf1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 67.45% green and 94.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.59% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.49% black. Its hue angle is 197.25°, with 99.17% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.52.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3586

Complementary

  1. #01acf1
  2. #f14601

Split complementary

  1. #01acf1
  2. #f10134
  3. #f1be01

Analogous

  1. #01f1be
  2. #01acf1
  3. #0134f1

Triadic

  1. #01acf1
  2. #f101ac
  3. #acf101

Tetradic

  1. #01acf1
  2. #4601f1
  3. #f14601
  4. #acf101

Square

  1. #01acf1
  2. #be01f1
  3. #f14601
  4. #34f101

Monochromatic

  1. #003f59
  2. #0176a5
  3. #01acf1
  4. #40c8fe
  5. #8cdeff

Shades

#01acf1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01acf1
  2. #019bd9
  3. #018ac1
  4. #0178a9
  5. #016791
  6. #015679
  7. #004560
  8. #003448
  9. #002230
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#01acf1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01acf1
  2. #1ab4f2
  3. #34bdf4
  4. #4dc5f5
  5. #67cdf7
  6. #80d6f8
  7. #99def9
  8. #b3e6fb
  9. #cceefc
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01acf1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01acf1
  2. #0ea8e6
  3. #1aa3da
  4. #279fcf
  5. #349ac4
  6. #4196b9
  7. #4d92ad
  8. #5a8da2
  9. #678997
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a6c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aacf4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e99f0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6dacf3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #56a1f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01acf1 {
  color: #01acf1;
}
Background
.bg-01acf1 {
  background-color: #01acf1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01acf1 {
  border: 2px solid #01acf1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01acf1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 172 241;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 99% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01acf1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01acf1, #0134f1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01acf1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 172 241 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.01 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.78 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.25 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.67 #fe530e Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#01acf1  rgb(1, 172, 241)  hsl(197, 99%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#f14601  rgb(241, 70, 1)  hsl(17, 99%, 47%)  Tangelo
#f101ac  rgb(241, 1, 172)  hsl(317, 99%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#acf101  rgb(172, 241, 1)  hsl(77, 99%, 47%)  Spring Bud