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#059BD5

#059bd5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059bd5 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 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.65% cyan, 27.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 196.73°, with 95.41% saturation and 42.75% 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 6.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.2828

Complementary

  1. #059bd5
  2. #d53f05

Split complementary

  1. #059bd5
  2. #d50533
  3. #d5a705

Analogous

  1. #05d5a7
  2. #059bd5
  3. #0533d5

Triadic

  1. #059bd5
  2. #d5059b
  3. #9bd505

Tetradic

  1. #059bd5
  2. #3f05d5
  3. #d53f05
  4. #9bd505

Square

  1. #059bd5
  2. #a705d5
  3. #d53f05
  4. #33d505

Monochromatic

  1. #012e40
  2. #03658a
  3. #059bd5
  4. #2cc1fa
  5. #77d7fc

Shades

#059bd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059bd5
  2. #058cc0
  3. #047caa
  4. #046d95
  5. #035d80
  6. #034e6b
  7. #023e55
  8. #022f40
  9. #011f2b
  10. #011015
  11. #000000

Tints

#059bd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059bd5
  2. #1ea5d9
  3. #37afdd
  4. #50b9e2
  5. #69c3e6
  6. #82cdea
  7. #9bd7ee
  8. #b4e1f2
  9. #cdebf7
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059bd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059bd5
  2. #1198cd
  3. #1e96c4
  4. #2a93bc
  5. #3690b3
  6. #438eab
  7. #4f8ba2
  8. #5b889a
  9. #678591
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7395b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9ad8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658ad4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639bd7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f91d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059bd5 {
  color: #059bd5;
}
Background
.bg-059bd5 {
  background-color: #059bd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059bd5 {
  border: 2px solid #059bd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059bd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 155 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 95% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059bd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059bd5, #0533d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059bd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 155 213 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.73 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.31 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.41 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.80 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.89 #fa642a Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059bd5  rgb(5, 155, 213)  hsl(197, 95%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#d53f05  rgb(213, 63, 5)  hsl(17, 95%, 43%)  Sinopia
#d5059b  rgb(213, 5, 155)  hsl(317, 95%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#9bd505  rgb(155, 213, 5)  hsl(77, 95%, 43%)  Yellow Green