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#059CD0

#059cd0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059cd0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 61.18% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.6% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 195.37°, 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 6.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.38.

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Relative luminance0.2836

Complementary

  1. #059cd0
  2. #d03905

Split complementary

  1. #059cd0
  2. #d00536
  3. #d09e05

Analogous

  1. #05d09e
  2. #059cd0
  3. #0536d0

Triadic

  1. #059cd0
  2. #d0059c
  3. #9cd005

Tetradic

  1. #059cd0
  2. #3905d0
  3. #d03905
  4. #9cd005

Square

  1. #059cd0
  2. #9e05d0
  3. #d03905
  4. #36d005

Monochromatic

  1. #012c3b
  2. #036485
  3. #059cd0
  4. #28c4fa
  5. #72d8fc

Shades

#059cd0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059cd0
  2. #058cbb
  3. #047da6
  4. #046d92
  5. #035e7d
  6. #034e68
  7. #023e53
  8. #022f3e
  9. #011f2a
  10. #011015
  11. #000000

Tints

#059cd0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059cd0
  2. #1ea6d5
  3. #37b0d9
  4. #50bade
  5. #69c4e3
  6. #82cee8
  7. #9bd7ec
  8. #b4e1f1
  9. #cdebf6
  10. #e6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059cd0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059cd0
  2. #1199c8
  3. #1e96c0
  4. #2a94b8
  5. #3691b0
  6. #438ea8
  7. #4f8ba0
  8. #5b8898
  9. #678690
  10. #748388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7396ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819ad2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a8acf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669bd1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5392d0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059cd0 {
  color: #059cd0;
}
Background
.bg-059cd0 {
  background-color: #059cd0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059cd0 {
  border: 2px solid #059cd0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059cd0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 156 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 95% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059cd0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059cd0, #0536d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059cd0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 156 208 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.38 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.69 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.23 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.53 #fa632f Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059cd0  rgb(5, 156, 208)  hsl(195, 95%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#d03905  rgb(208, 57, 5)  hsl(15, 95%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d0059c  rgb(208, 5, 156)  hsl(315, 95%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cd005  rgb(156, 208, 5)  hsl(75, 95%, 42%)  Yellow Green