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#059BE4

#059be4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059be4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.81% cyan, 32.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 199.64°, with 95.71% saturation and 45.69% 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 6.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.2908

Complementary

  1. #059be4
  2. #e44e05

Split complementary

  1. #059be4
  2. #e4052c
  3. #e4be05

Analogous

  1. #05e4be
  2. #059be4
  3. #052ce4

Triadic

  1. #059be4
  2. #e4059b
  3. #9be405

Tetradic

  1. #059be4
  2. #4e05e4
  3. #e44e05
  4. #9be405

Square

  1. #059be4
  2. #be05e4
  3. #e44e05
  4. #2ce405

Monochromatic

  1. #02354e
  2. #036899
  3. #059be4
  4. #3bbcfb
  5. #86d5fc

Shades

#059be4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059be4
  2. #058ccd
  3. #047cb6
  4. #046da0
  5. #035d89
  6. #034e72
  7. #023e5b
  8. #022f44
  9. #011f2e
  10. #011017
  11. #000000

Tints

#059be4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059be4
  2. #1ea5e7
  3. #37afe9
  4. #50b9ec
  5. #69c3ef
  6. #82cdf2
  7. #9bd7f4
  8. #b4e1f7
  9. #cdebfa
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059be4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059be4
  2. #1198da
  3. #1e96d0
  4. #2a93c6
  5. #3690bc
  6. #438eb2
  7. #4f8ba8
  8. #5b889e
  9. #678594
  10. #74838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7496b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #789de7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8be3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e9ce6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4892e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059be4 {
  color: #059be4;
}
Background
.bg-059be4 {
  background-color: #059be4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059be4 {
  border: 2px solid #059be4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059be4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 155 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 96% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059be4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059be4, #052ce4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059be4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 155 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.67 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.13 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.68 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.86 #fa641b Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059be4  rgb(5, 155, 228)  hsl(200, 96%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#e44e05  rgb(228, 78, 5)  hsl(20, 96%, 46%)  Flame
#e4059b  rgb(228, 5, 155)  hsl(320, 96%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9be405  rgb(155, 228, 5)  hsl(80, 96%, 46%)  Spring Bud