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#05ABFE

#05abfe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abfe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.03% cyan, 32.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 99.2% saturation and 50.78% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.66.

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Relative luminance0.3631

Complementary

  1. #05abfe
  2. #fe5805

Split complementary

  1. #05abfe
  2. #fe052e
  3. #fed405

Analogous

  1. #05fed4
  2. #05abfe
  3. #052efe

Triadic

  1. #05abfe
  2. #fe05ab
  3. #abfe05

Tetradic

  1. #05abfe
  2. #5805fe
  3. #fe5805
  4. #abfe05

Square

  1. #05abfe
  2. #d405fe
  3. #fe5805
  4. #2efe05

Monochromatic

  1. #00476a
  2. #0179b6
  3. #05abfe
  4. #51c5fe
  5. #9ddeff

Shades

#05abfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abfe
  2. #059ae5
  3. #0489cb
  4. #0478b2
  5. #036798
  6. #03567f
  7. #024466
  8. #02334c
  9. #012233
  10. #011119
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abfe
  2. #1eb3fe
  3. #37bcfe
  4. #50c4fe
  5. #69cdfe
  6. #82d5ff
  7. #9bddff
  8. #b4e6ff
  9. #cdeeff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abfe
  2. #11a7f1
  3. #1ea2e5
  4. #2a9ed8
  5. #369acc
  6. #4396bf
  7. #4f91b2
  8. #5b8da6
  9. #678999
  10. #74848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a6ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #639afc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67acff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4ea1fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abfe {
  color: #05abfe;
}
Background
.bg-05abfe {
  background-color: #05abfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abfe {
  border: 2px solid #05abfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 99% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abfe, #052efe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.19 #fa5401 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abfe  rgb(5, 171, 254)  hsl(200, 99%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#fe5805  rgb(254, 88, 5)  hsl(20, 99%, 51%)  International Orange
#fe05ab  rgb(254, 5, 171)  hsl(320, 99%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#abfe05  rgb(171, 254, 5)  hsl(80, 99%, 51%)  Spring Bud