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#0294CD

#0294cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0294cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.78% red, 58.04% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.02% cyan, 27.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.85°, with 98.07% saturation and 40.59% 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 6.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.92.

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Relative luminance0.256

Complementary

  1. #0294cd
  2. #cd3b02

Split complementary

  1. #0294cd
  2. #cd022e
  3. #cda102

Analogous

  1. #02cda1
  2. #0294cd
  3. #022ecd

Triadic

  1. #0294cd
  2. #cd0294
  3. #94cd02

Tetradic

  1. #0294cd
  2. #3b02cd
  3. #cd3b02
  4. #94cd02

Square

  1. #0294cd
  2. #a102cd
  3. #cd3b02
  4. #2ecd02

Monochromatic

  1. #012735
  2. #015d81
  3. #0294cd
  4. #1fbefd
  5. #6ad4fe

Shades

#0294cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0294cd
  2. #0285b9
  3. #0276a4
  4. #016890
  5. #01597b
  6. #014a67
  7. #013b52
  8. #012c3e
  9. #001e29
  10. #000f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0294cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0294cd
  2. #1b9fd2
  3. #35a9d7
  4. #4eb4dc
  5. #67bfe1
  6. #81cae6
  7. #9ad4eb
  8. #b3dff0
  9. #cceaf5
  10. #e6f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0294cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0294cd
  2. #0f92c5
  3. #1b90be
  4. #288eb6
  5. #348cae
  6. #418aa7
  7. #4e889f
  8. #5a8697
  9. #67848f
  10. #738288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8ea9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7893d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6083cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e94cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b8acc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009db8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0294cd {
  color: #0294cd;
}
Background
.bg-0294cd {
  background-color: #0294cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0294cd {
  border: 2px solid #0294cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0294cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 148 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 98% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0294cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0294cd, #022ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0294cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 148 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.92 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.33 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.81 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.45 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.47 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.51 #fd6b32 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0294cd  rgb(2, 148, 205)  hsl(197, 98%, 41%)  Carolina Blue
#cd3b02  rgb(205, 59, 2)  hsl(17, 98%, 41%)  Sinopia
#cd0294  rgb(205, 2, 148)  hsl(317, 98%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#94cd02  rgb(148, 205, 2)  hsl(77, 98%, 41%)  Yellow Green