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#05ABF7

#05abf7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abf7 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 96.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.98% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.14% black. Its hue angle is 198.84°, with 96.03% saturation and 49.41% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.39.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3587

Complementary

  1. #05abf7
  2. #f75105

Split complementary

  1. #05abf7
  2. #f70532
  3. #f7ca05

Analogous

  1. #05f7ca
  2. #05abf7
  3. #0532f7

Triadic

  1. #05abf7
  2. #f705ab
  3. #abf705

Tetradic

  1. #05abf7
  2. #5105f7
  3. #f75105
  4. #abf705

Square

  1. #05abf7
  2. #ca05f7
  3. #f75105
  4. #32f705

Monochromatic

  1. #024361
  2. #0377ac
  3. #05abf7
  4. #4dc5fb
  5. #98ddfd

Shades

#05abf7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abf7
  2. #059ade
  3. #0489c6
  4. #0478ad
  5. #036794
  6. #03567c
  7. #024463
  8. #02334a
  9. #012231
  10. #011119
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abf7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abf7
  2. #1eb3f8
  3. #37bcf9
  4. #50c4f9
  5. #69cdfa
  6. #82d5fb
  7. #9bddfc
  8. #b4e6fd
  9. #cdeefd
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abf7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abf7
  2. #11a7eb
  3. #1ea2df
  4. #2a9ed3
  5. #369ac7
  6. #4396bc
  7. #4f91b0
  8. #5b8da4
  9. #678998
  10. #74848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86acfa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6899f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aacf9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #52a0f6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abf7 {
  color: #05abf7;
}
Background
.bg-05abf7 {
  background-color: #05abf7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abf7 {
  border: 2px solid #05abf7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abf7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 247;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 96% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abf7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abf7, #0532f7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abf7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 247 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.39 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.92 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.15 #fa5408 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abf7  rgb(5, 171, 247)  hsl(199, 96%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#f75105  rgb(247, 81, 5)  hsl(19, 96%, 49%)  Tangelo
#f705ab  rgb(247, 5, 171)  hsl(319, 96%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#abf705  rgb(171, 247, 5)  hsl(79, 96%, 49%)  Spring Bud