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#04ACFF

#04acff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#04acff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.43% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 199.84°, with 100% saturation and 50.78% 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.84.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3675

Complementary

  1. #04acff
  2. #ff5704

Split complementary

  1. #04acff
  2. #ff042e
  3. #ffd404

Analogous

  1. #04ffd4
  2. #04acff
  3. #042eff

Triadic

  1. #04acff
  2. #ff04ac
  3. #acff04

Tetradic

  1. #04acff
  2. #5704ff
  3. #ff5704
  4. #acff04

Square

  1. #04acff
  2. #d404ff
  3. #ff5704
  4. #2eff04

Monochromatic

  1. #00476a
  2. #007ab6
  3. #04acff
  4. #50c5ff
  5. #9ddfff

Shades

#04acff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #04acff
  2. #049be6
  3. #038acc
  4. #0378b3
  5. #026799
  6. #025680
  7. #024566
  8. #01344d
  9. #012233
  10. #00111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#04acff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #04acff
  2. #1db4ff
  3. #36bdff
  4. #4fc5ff
  5. #68cdff
  6. #82d6ff
  7. #9bdeff
  8. #b4e6ff
  9. #cdeeff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#04acff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #04acff
  2. #10a8f2
  3. #1da3e6
  4. #299fd9
  5. #369acc
  6. #4296c0
  7. #4e92b3
  8. #5b8da6
  9. #678999
  10. #74848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a7ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #649afd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68adff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4ea2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-04acff {
  color: #04acff;
}
Background
.bg-04acff {
  background-color: #04acff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-04acff {
  border: 2px solid #04acff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #04acff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-04acff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #04acff, #042eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-04acff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.01 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.21 #fb5300 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#04acff  rgb(4, 172, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5704  rgb(255, 87, 4)  hsl(20, 100%, 51%)  International Orange
#ff04ac  rgb(255, 4, 172)  hsl(320, 100%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#acff04  rgb(172, 255, 4)  hsl(80, 100%, 51%)  Spring Bud