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#06ABEC

#06abec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#06abec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.35% red, 67.06% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.46% cyan, 27.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 196.96°, with 95.04% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.35.

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Relative luminance0.3522

Complementary

  1. #06abec
  2. #ec4706

Split complementary

  1. #06abec
  2. #ec0638
  3. #ecba06

Analogous

  1. #06ecba
  2. #06abec
  3. #0638ec

Triadic

  1. #06abec
  2. #ec06ab
  3. #abec06

Tetradic

  1. #06abec
  2. #4706ec
  3. #ec4706
  4. #abec06

Square

  1. #06abec
  2. #ba06ec
  3. #ec4706
  4. #38ec06

Monochromatic

  1. #023f57
  2. #0475a1
  3. #06abec
  4. #44c7fa
  5. #8fddfc

Shades

#06abec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #06abec
  2. #059ad4
  3. #0589bd
  4. #0478a5
  5. #04678e
  6. #035676
  7. #02445e
  8. #023347
  9. #01222f
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#06abec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #06abec
  2. #1fb3ee
  3. #38bcf0
  4. #51c4f2
  5. #6acdf4
  6. #83d5f6
  7. #9bddf7
  8. #b4e6f9
  9. #cdeefb
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#06abec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #06abec
  2. #12a7e1
  3. #1ea2d6
  4. #2b9ecc
  5. #379ac1
  6. #4396b6
  7. #4f91ab
  8. #5b8da0
  9. #688996
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa5c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8baaef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f98eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eabee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #58a0eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-06abec {
  color: #06abec;
}
Background
.bg-06abec {
  background-color: #06abec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-06abec {
  border: 2px solid #06abec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #06abec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 6 171 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 95% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-06abec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #06abec, #0638ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-06abec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(6 171 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.31 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.01 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.46 #f95413 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#06abec  rgb(6, 171, 236)  hsl(197, 95%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#ec4706  rgb(236, 71, 6)  hsl(17, 95%, 47%)  Flame
#ec06ab  rgb(236, 6, 171)  hsl(317, 95%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#abec06  rgb(171, 236, 6)  hsl(77, 95%, 47%)  Spring Bud