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#059BD0

#059bd0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059bd0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 60.78% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.6% cyan, 25.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 195.67°, with 95.31% saturation and 41.76% 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 6.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.3.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2803

Complementary

  1. #059bd0
  2. #d03a05

Split complementary

  1. #059bd0
  2. #d00535
  3. #d0a005

Analogous

  1. #05d0a0
  2. #059bd0
  3. #0535d0

Triadic

  1. #059bd0
  2. #d0059b
  3. #9bd005

Tetradic

  1. #059bd0
  2. #3a05d0
  3. #d03a05
  4. #9bd005

Square

  1. #059bd0
  2. #a005d0
  3. #d03a05
  4. #35d005

Monochromatic

  1. #012c3b
  2. #036385
  3. #059bd0
  4. #28c3fa
  5. #72d8fc

Shades

#059bd0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059bd0
  2. #058cbb
  3. #047ca6
  4. #046d92
  5. #035d7d
  6. #034e68
  7. #023e53
  8. #022f3e
  9. #011f2a
  10. #011015
  11. #000000

Tints

#059bd0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059bd0
  2. #1ea5d5
  3. #37afd9
  4. #50b9de
  5. #69c3e3
  6. #82cde8
  7. #9bd7ec
  8. #b4e1f1
  9. #cdebf6
  10. #e6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059bd0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059bd0
  2. #1198c8
  3. #1e96c0
  4. #2a93b8
  5. #3690b0
  6. #438ea8
  7. #4f8ba0
  8. #5b8898
  9. #678590
  10. #748388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7295ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8099d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6889cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659ad1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5291d0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059bd0 {
  color: #059bd0;
}
Background
.bg-059bd0 {
  background-color: #059bd0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059bd0 {
  border: 2px solid #059bd0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059bd0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 155 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 95% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059bd0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059bd0, #0535d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059bd0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 155 208 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.70 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.36 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.18 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.44 #fa642f Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059bd0  rgb(5, 155, 208)  hsl(196, 95%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#d03a05  rgb(208, 58, 5)  hsl(16, 95%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d0059b  rgb(208, 5, 155)  hsl(316, 95%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#9bd005  rgb(155, 208, 5)  hsl(76, 95%, 42%)  Yellow Green