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#059CDF

#059cdf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059cdf 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.76% cyan, 30.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 198.44°, with 95.61% saturation and 44.71% 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 6.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.15.

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Relative luminance0.2914

Complementary

  1. #059cdf
  2. #df4805

Split complementary

  1. #059cdf
  2. #df052f
  3. #dfb505

Analogous

  1. #05dfb5
  2. #059cdf
  3. #052fdf

Triadic

  1. #059cdf
  2. #df059c
  3. #9cdf05

Tetradic

  1. #059cdf
  2. #4805df
  3. #df4805
  4. #9cdf05

Square

  1. #059cdf
  2. #b505df
  3. #df4805
  4. #2fdf05

Monochromatic

  1. #023349
  2. #036894
  3. #059cdf
  4. #36befa
  5. #81d6fc

Shades

#059cdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059cdf
  2. #058cc9
  3. #047db2
  4. #046d9c
  5. #035e86
  6. #034e70
  7. #023e59
  8. #022f43
  9. #011f2d
  10. #011016
  11. #000000

Tints

#059cdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059cdf
  2. #1ea6e2
  3. #37b0e5
  4. #50bae9
  5. #69c4ec
  6. #82ceef
  7. #9bd7f2
  8. #b4e1f5
  9. #cdebf9
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059cdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059cdf
  2. #1199d6
  3. #1e96cc
  4. #2a94c3
  5. #3691b9
  6. #438eb0
  7. #4f8ba6
  8. #5b889d
  9. #678693
  10. #74838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7497b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b9ce2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #618bde ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #619ce1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c92de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059cdf {
  color: #059cdf;
}
Background
.bg-059cdf {
  background-color: #059cdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059cdf {
  border: 2px solid #059cdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059cdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 156 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 96% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059cdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059cdf, #052fdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059cdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 156 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.75 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.45 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.69 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.84 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.96 #fa6320 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059cdf  rgb(5, 156, 223)  hsl(198, 96%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#df4805  rgb(223, 72, 5)  hsl(18, 96%, 45%)  Flame
#df059c  rgb(223, 5, 156)  hsl(318, 96%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cdf05  rgb(156, 223, 5)  hsl(78, 96%, 45%)  Yellow Green