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#059CD5

#059cd5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059cd5 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 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.65% cyan, 26.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 196.44°, 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 6.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.75.

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Relative luminance0.2861

Complementary

  1. #059cd5
  2. #d53e05

Split complementary

  1. #059cd5
  2. #d50534
  3. #d5a605

Analogous

  1. #05d5a6
  2. #059cd5
  3. #0534d5

Triadic

  1. #059cd5
  2. #d5059c
  3. #9cd505

Tetradic

  1. #059cd5
  2. #3e05d5
  3. #d53e05
  4. #9cd505

Square

  1. #059cd5
  2. #a605d5
  3. #d53e05
  4. #34d505

Monochromatic

  1. #012f40
  2. #03658a
  3. #059cd5
  4. #2cc2fa
  5. #77d7fc

Shades

#059cd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059cd5
  2. #058cc0
  3. #047daa
  4. #046d95
  5. #035e80
  6. #034e6b
  7. #023e55
  8. #022f40
  9. #011f2b
  10. #011015
  11. #000000

Tints

#059cd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059cd5
  2. #1ea6d9
  3. #37b0dd
  4. #50bae2
  5. #69c4e6
  6. #82ceea
  7. #9bd7ee
  8. #b4e1f2
  9. #cdebf7
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059cd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059cd5
  2. #1199cd
  3. #1e96c4
  4. #2a94bc
  5. #3691b3
  6. #438eab
  7. #4f8ba2
  8. #5b889a
  9. #678691
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7396b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9bd8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678ad4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659bd7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5192d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059cd5 {
  color: #059cd5;
}
Background
.bg-059cd5 {
  background-color: #059cd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059cd5 {
  border: 2px solid #059cd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059cd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 156 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 95% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059cd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059cd5, #0534d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059cd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 156 213 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.75 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.16 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.56 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.81 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.08 #fa632a Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059cd5  rgb(5, 156, 213)  hsl(196, 95%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#d53e05  rgb(213, 62, 5)  hsl(16, 95%, 43%)  Sinopia
#d5059c  rgb(213, 5, 156)  hsl(316, 95%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cd505  rgb(156, 213, 5)  hsl(76, 95%, 43%)  Yellow Green