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#059DE4

#059de4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059de4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 61.57% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.81% cyan, 31.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 199.1°, 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 6.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.2975

Complementary

  1. #059de4
  2. #e44c05

Split complementary

  1. #059de4
  2. #e4052e
  3. #e4bc05

Analogous

  1. #05e4bc
  2. #059de4
  3. #052ee4

Triadic

  1. #059de4
  2. #e4059d
  3. #9de405

Tetradic

  1. #059de4
  2. #4c05e4
  3. #e44c05
  4. #9de405

Square

  1. #059de4
  2. #bc05e4
  3. #e44c05
  4. #2ee405

Monochromatic

  1. #02364e
  2. #036999
  3. #059de4
  4. #3bbefb
  5. #86d7fc

Shades

#059de4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059de4
  2. #058dcd
  3. #047eb6
  4. #046ea0
  5. #035e89
  6. #034f72
  7. #023f5b
  8. #022f44
  9. #011f2e
  10. #011017
  11. #000000

Tints

#059de4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059de4
  2. #1ea7e7
  3. #37b1e9
  4. #50baec
  5. #69c4ef
  6. #82cef2
  7. #9bd8f4
  8. #b4e2f7
  9. #cdebfa
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059de4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059de4
  2. #119ada
  3. #1e97d0
  4. #2a94c6
  5. #3691bc
  6. #438fb2
  7. #4f8ca8
  8. #5b899e
  9. #678694
  10. #74838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7598ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a9ee7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f8ce3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #619ee6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a93e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059de4 {
  color: #059de4;
}
Background
.bg-059de4 {
  background-color: #059de4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059de4 {
  border: 2px solid #059de4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059de4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 157 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 96% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059de4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059de4, #052ee4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059de4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 157 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.52 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.86 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.97 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.66 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.22 #fa621b Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059de4  rgb(5, 157, 228)  hsl(199, 96%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#e44c05  rgb(228, 76, 5)  hsl(19, 96%, 46%)  Flame
#e4059d  rgb(228, 5, 157)  hsl(319, 96%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9de405  rgb(157, 228, 5)  hsl(79, 96%, 46%)  Spring Bud