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#0790CA

#0790ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0790ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.75% red, 56.47% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.53% cyan, 28.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 197.85°, with 93.3% saturation and 40.98% 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 5.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.69.

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Relative luminance0.2426

Complementary

  1. #0790ca
  2. #ca4107

Split complementary

  1. #0790ca
  2. #ca072e
  3. #caa307

Analogous

  1. #07caa3
  2. #0790ca
  3. #072eca

Triadic

  1. #0790ca
  2. #ca0790
  3. #90ca07

Tetradic

  1. #0790ca
  2. #4107ca
  3. #ca4107
  4. #90ca07

Square

  1. #0790ca
  2. #a307ca
  3. #ca4107
  4. #2eca07

Monochromatic

  1. #022736
  2. #045b80
  3. #0790ca
  4. #26b9f7
  5. #70d1fa

Shades

#0790ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0790ca
  2. #0682b6
  3. #0673a2
  4. #05658d
  5. #045679
  6. #044865
  7. #033a51
  8. #022b3d
  9. #011d28
  10. #010e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0790ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0790ca
  2. #209bcf
  3. #39a6d5
  4. #51b1da
  5. #6abcdf
  6. #83c8e5
  7. #9cd3ea
  8. #b5deef
  9. #cde9f4
  10. #e6f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0790ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0790ca
  2. #138ec3
  3. #1f8dbb
  4. #2b8bb4
  5. #378aac
  6. #4488a5
  7. #50869e
  8. #5c8596
  9. #68838f
  10. #748287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b8ba6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7390cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c80c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b90cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4887c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0790ca {
  color: #0790ca;
}
Background
.bg-0790ca {
  background-color: #0790ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0790ca {
  border: 2px solid #0790ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0790ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 7 144 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 93% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0790ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0790ca, #072eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0790ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(7 144 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.69 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.79 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.64 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.95 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.99 #f86f35 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0790ca  rgb(7, 144, 202)  hsl(198, 93%, 41%)  Carolina Blue
#ca4107  rgb(202, 65, 7)  hsl(18, 93%, 41%)  Sinopia
#ca0790  rgb(202, 7, 144)  hsl(318, 93%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#90ca07  rgb(144, 202, 7)  hsl(78, 93%, 41%)  Yellow Green