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#01ACFC

#01acfc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#01acfc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.6% cyan, 31.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 199.12°, with 99.21% saturation and 49.61% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.73.

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Relative luminance0.3654

Complementary

  1. #01acfc
  2. #fc5101

Split complementary

  1. #01acfc
  2. #fc012f
  3. #fcce01

Analogous

  1. #01fcce
  2. #01acfc
  3. #012ffc

Triadic

  1. #01acfc
  2. #fc01ac
  3. #acfc01

Tetradic

  1. #01acfc
  2. #5101fc
  3. #fc5101
  4. #acfc01

Square

  1. #01acfc
  2. #ce01fc
  3. #fc5101
  4. #2ffc01

Monochromatic

  1. #004464
  2. #0178b0
  3. #01acfc
  4. #4bc5fe
  5. #97deff

Shades

#01acfc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01acfc
  2. #019be3
  3. #018aca
  4. #0178b0
  5. #016797
  6. #01567e
  7. #004565
  8. #00344c
  9. #002232
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#01acfc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01acfc
  2. #1ab4fc
  3. #34bdfd
  4. #4dc5fd
  5. #67cdfd
  6. #80d6fe
  7. #99defe
  8. #b3e6fe
  9. #cceefe
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01acfc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01acfc
  2. #0ea8f0
  3. #1aa3e3
  4. #279fd7
  5. #349aca
  6. #4196be
  7. #4d92b2
  8. #5a8da5
  9. #678999
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a7cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #669afb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69adfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #50a2fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01acfc {
  color: #01acfc;
}
Background
.bg-01acfc {
  background-color: #01acfc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01acfc {
  border: 2px solid #01acfc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01acfc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 172 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 99% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01acfc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01acfc, #012ffc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01acfc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 172 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.73 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.46 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.20 #fe5303 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#01acfc  rgb(1, 172, 252)  hsl(199, 99%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fc5101  rgb(252, 81, 1)  hsl(19, 99%, 50%)  International Orange
#fc01ac  rgb(252, 1, 172)  hsl(319, 99%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#acfc01  rgb(172, 252, 1)  hsl(79, 99%, 50%)  Spring Bud