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#05ABED

#05abed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 67.06% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.89% cyan, 27.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 197.07°, with 95.87% saturation and 47.45% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.34.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3527

Complementary

  1. #05abed
  2. #ed4705

Split complementary

  1. #05abed
  2. #ed0537
  3. #edbb05

Analogous

  1. #05edbb
  2. #05abed
  3. #0537ed

Triadic

  1. #05abed
  2. #ed05ab
  3. #abed05

Tetradic

  1. #05abed
  2. #4705ed
  3. #ed4705
  4. #abed05

Square

  1. #05abed
  2. #bb05ed
  3. #ed4705
  4. #37ed05

Monochromatic

  1. #023f57
  2. #0375a2
  3. #05abed
  4. #43c7fb
  5. #8eddfd

Shades

#05abed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abed
  2. #059ad5
  3. #0489be
  4. #0478a6
  5. #03678e
  6. #035677
  7. #02445f
  8. #023347
  9. #01222f
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abed
  2. #1eb3ef
  3. #37bcf1
  4. #50c4f2
  5. #69cdf4
  6. #82d5f6
  7. #9bddf8
  8. #b4e6fa
  9. #cdeefb
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abed
  2. #11a7e2
  3. #1ea2d7
  4. #2a9ecc
  5. #369ac1
  6. #4396b7
  7. #4f91ac
  8. #5b8da1
  9. #678996
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa5c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aaaf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f98ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6dabef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #57a0ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abed {
  color: #05abed;
}
Background
.bg-05abed {
  background-color: #05abed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abed {
  border: 2px solid #05abed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 96% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abed, #0537ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.34 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.58 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.34 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.42 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.18 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.46 #fa5412 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abed  rgb(5, 171, 237)  hsl(197, 96%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#ed4705  rgb(237, 71, 5)  hsl(17, 96%, 47%)  Tangelo
#ed05ab  rgb(237, 5, 171)  hsl(317, 96%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#abed05  rgb(171, 237, 5)  hsl(77, 96%, 47%)  Spring Bud