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#0296CC

#0296cc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0296cc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.78% red, 58.82% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.02% cyan, 26.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 196.04°, with 98.06% saturation and 40.39% 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 6.24:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.84.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2619

Complementary

  1. #0296cc
  2. #cc3802

Split complementary

  1. #0296cc
  2. #cc0231
  3. #cc9d02

Analogous

  1. #02cc9d
  2. #0296cc
  3. #0231cc

Triadic

  1. #0296cc
  2. #cc0296
  3. #96cc02

Tetradic

  1. #0296cc
  2. #3802cc
  3. #cc3802
  4. #96cc02

Square

  1. #0296cc
  2. #9d02cc
  3. #cc3802
  4. #31cc02

Monochromatic

  1. #012734
  2. #015e80
  3. #0296cc
  4. #1ec1fd
  5. #69d6fe

Shades

#0296cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0296cc
  2. #0287b8
  3. #0278a3
  4. #01698f
  5. #015a7a
  6. #014b66
  7. #013c52
  8. #012d3d
  9. #001e29
  10. #000f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0296cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0296cc
  2. #1ba1d1
  3. #35abd6
  4. #4eb6db
  5. #67c0e0
  6. #81cbe6
  7. #9ad5eb
  8. #b3e0f0
  9. #cceaf5
  10. #e6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0296cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0296cc
  2. #0f94c4
  3. #1b92bd
  4. #288fb5
  5. #348dae
  6. #418ba6
  7. #4e899e
  8. #5a8797
  9. #67848f
  10. #738288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e90a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b95ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6385cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6195ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e8ccb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009fb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0296cc {
  color: #0296cc;
}
Background
.bg-0296cc {
  background-color: #0296cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0296cc {
  border: 2px solid #0296cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0296cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 150 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 98% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0296cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0296cc, #0231cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0296cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 150 204 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.84 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.47 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.98 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.34 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.41 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.94 #fd6933 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0296cc  rgb(2, 150, 204)  hsl(196, 98%, 40%)  Carolina Blue
#cc3802  rgb(204, 56, 2)  hsl(16, 98%, 40%)  Sinopia
#cc0296  rgb(204, 2, 150)  hsl(316, 98%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#96cc02  rgb(150, 204, 2)  hsl(76, 98%, 40%)  Yellow Green