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#05AAEE

#05aaee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05aaee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 66.67% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.9% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 197.51°, with 95.88% saturation and 47.65% 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 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.12.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3495

Complementary

  1. #05aaee
  2. #ee4905

Split complementary

  1. #05aaee
  2. #ee0536
  3. #eebe05

Analogous

  1. #05eebe
  2. #05aaee
  3. #0536ee

Triadic

  1. #05aaee
  2. #ee05aa
  3. #aaee05

Tetradic

  1. #05aaee
  2. #4905ee
  3. #ee4905
  4. #aaee05

Square

  1. #05aaee
  2. #be05ee
  3. #ee4905
  4. #36ee05

Monochromatic

  1. #023f58
  2. #0374a3
  3. #05aaee
  4. #44c6fb
  5. #8fddfd

Shades

#05aaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05aaee
  2. #0599d6
  3. #0488be
  4. #0477a7
  5. #03668f
  6. #035577
  7. #02445f
  8. #023347
  9. #012230
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#05aaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05aaee
  2. #1eb3f0
  3. #37bbf1
  4. #50c4f3
  5. #69ccf5
  6. #82d5f7
  7. #9bddf8
  8. #b4e6fa
  9. #cdeefc
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05aaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05aaee
  2. #11a6e3
  3. #1ea2d8
  4. #2a9dcd
  5. #3699c2
  6. #4395b7
  7. #4f91ac
  8. #5b8da1
  9. #678896
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea4c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89aaf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d97ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6caaf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #559fed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05aaee {
  color: #05aaee;
}
Background
.bg-05aaee {
  background-color: #05aaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05aaee {
  border: 2px solid #05aaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05aaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 170 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 96% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05aaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05aaee, #0536ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05aaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 170 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.43 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.28 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.41 #fa5511 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05aaee  rgb(5, 170, 238)  hsl(198, 96%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ee4905  rgb(238, 73, 5)  hsl(18, 96%, 48%)  Tangelo
#ee05aa  rgb(238, 5, 170)  hsl(318, 96%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#aaee05  rgb(170, 238, 5)  hsl(78, 96%, 48%)  Spring Bud