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#06ACFB

#06acfb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#06acfb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.35% red, 67.45% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.61% cyan, 31.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 199.35°, with 96.84% saturation and 50.39% 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 8.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.67.

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Relative luminance0.3651

Complementary

  1. #06acfb
  2. #fb5506

Split complementary

  1. #06acfb
  2. #fb0631
  3. #fbd006

Analogous

  1. #06fbd0
  2. #06acfb
  3. #0631fb

Triadic

  1. #06acfb
  2. #fb06ac
  3. #acfb06

Tetradic

  1. #06acfb
  2. #5506fb
  3. #fb5506
  4. #acfb06

Square

  1. #06acfb
  2. #d006fb
  3. #fb5506
  4. #31fb06

Monochromatic

  1. #024666
  2. #0379b2
  3. #06acfb
  4. #51c5fc
  5. #9ddefd

Shades

#06acfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #06acfb
  2. #059be2
  3. #058ac9
  4. #0478b0
  5. #046797
  6. #03567e
  7. #024564
  8. #02344b
  9. #012232
  10. #011119
  11. #000000

Tints

#06acfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #06acfb
  2. #1fb4fb
  3. #38bdfc
  4. #51c5fc
  5. #6acdfd
  6. #83d6fd
  7. #9bdefd
  8. #b4e6fe
  9. #cdeefe
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#06acfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #06acfb
  2. #12a8ef
  3. #1ea3e2
  4. #2b9fd6
  5. #379aca
  6. #4396be
  7. #4f92b1
  8. #5b8da5
  9. #688999
  10. #74848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a7cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86adfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #679afa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aadfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #51a2fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-06acfb {
  color: #06acfb;
}
Background
.bg-06acfb {
  background-color: #06acfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-06acfb {
  border: 2px solid #06acfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #06acfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 6 172 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 97% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-06acfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #06acfb, #0631fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-06acfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(6 172 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.67 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.63 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.50 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.82 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.22 #f95304 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#06acfb  rgb(6, 172, 251)  hsl(199, 97%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fb5506  rgb(251, 85, 6)  hsl(19, 97%, 50%)  International Orange
#fb06ac  rgb(251, 6, 172)  hsl(319, 97%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#acfb06  rgb(172, 251, 6)  hsl(79, 97%, 50%)  Spring Bud