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#0799DA

#0799da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0799da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.75% red, 60% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.79% cyan, 29.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 198.48°, with 93.78% saturation and 44.12% 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 6.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.51.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2789

Complementary

  1. #0799da
  2. #da4807

Split complementary

  1. #0799da
  2. #da0730
  3. #dab107

Analogous

  1. #07dab1
  2. #0799da
  3. #0730da

Triadic

  1. #0799da
  2. #da0799
  3. #99da07

Tetradic

  1. #0799da
  2. #4807da
  3. #da4807
  4. #99da07

Square

  1. #0799da
  2. #b107da
  3. #da4807
  4. #30da07

Monochromatic

  1. #023146
  2. #056590
  3. #0799da
  4. #35bcf9
  5. #7fd5fb

Shades

#0799da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0799da
  2. #068ac4
  3. #067aae
  4. #056b99
  5. #045c83
  6. #044d6d
  7. #033d57
  8. #022e41
  9. #011f2c
  10. #010f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#0799da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0799da
  2. #20a3de
  3. #39ade1
  4. #51b8e5
  5. #6ac2e9
  6. #83cced
  7. #9cd6f0
  8. #b5e0f4
  9. #cdebf8
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0799da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0799da
  2. #1397d1
  3. #1f94c8
  4. #2b92bf
  5. #378fb6
  6. #448dad
  7. #508aa4
  8. #5c889b
  9. #688592
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7294b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7999dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f88d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6099dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b8fd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0799da {
  color: #0799da;
}
Background
.bg-0799da {
  background-color: #0799da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0799da {
  border: 2px solid #0799da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0799da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 7 153 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 94% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0799da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0799da, #0730da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0799da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(7 153 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.51 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.30 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.01 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.31 #f86625 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0799da  rgb(7, 153, 218)  hsl(198, 94%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#da4807  rgb(218, 72, 7)  hsl(18, 94%, 44%)  Sinopia
#da0799  rgb(218, 7, 153)  hsl(318, 94%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#99da07  rgb(153, 218, 7)  hsl(78, 94%, 44%)  Yellow Green