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#059BD2

#059bd2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059bd2 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 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.62% cyan, 26.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 196.1°, with 95.35% saturation and 42.16% 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 6.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.05.

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Relative luminance0.2813

Complementary

  1. #059bd2
  2. #d23c05

Split complementary

  1. #059bd2
  2. #d20534
  3. #d2a305

Analogous

  1. #05d2a3
  2. #059bd2
  3. #0534d2

Triadic

  1. #059bd2
  2. #d2059b
  3. #9bd205

Tetradic

  1. #059bd2
  2. #3c05d2
  3. #d23c05
  4. #9bd205

Square

  1. #059bd2
  2. #a305d2
  3. #d23c05
  4. #34d205

Monochromatic

  1. #012d3d
  2. #036487
  3. #059bd2
  4. #2ac2fa
  5. #74d7fc

Shades

#059bd2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059bd2
  2. #058cbd
  3. #047ca8
  4. #046d93
  5. #035d7e
  6. #034e69
  7. #023e54
  8. #022f3f
  9. #011f2a
  10. #011015
  11. #000000

Tints

#059bd2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059bd2
  2. #1ea5d7
  3. #37afdb
  4. #50b9e0
  5. #69c3e4
  6. #82cde9
  7. #9bd7ed
  8. #b4e1f2
  9. #cdebf6
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059bd2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059bd2
  2. #1198ca
  3. #1e96c2
  4. #2a93b9
  5. #3690b1
  6. #438ea9
  7. #4f8ba1
  8. #5b8899
  9. #678590
  10. #748388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7295af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ad5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6789d1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649ad4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5191d1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059bd2 {
  color: #059bd2;
}
Background
.bg-059bd2 {
  background-color: #059bd2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059bd2 {
  border: 2px solid #059bd2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059bd2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 155 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 95% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059bd2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059bd2, #0534d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059bd2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 155 210 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.05 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.53 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.88 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.53 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.01 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.05 #fa642d Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059bd2  rgb(5, 155, 210)  hsl(196, 95%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#d23c05  rgb(210, 60, 5)  hsl(16, 95%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d2059b  rgb(210, 5, 155)  hsl(316, 95%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#9bd205  rgb(155, 210, 5)  hsl(76, 95%, 42%)  Yellow Green