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#07AAEF

#07aaef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#07aaef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.75% red, 66.67% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.07% cyan, 28.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 197.84°, with 94.31% saturation and 48.24% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.09.

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Relative luminance0.3503

Complementary

  1. #07aaef
  2. #ef4c07

Split complementary

  1. #07aaef
  2. #ef0736
  3. #efc007

Analogous

  1. #07efc0
  2. #07aaef
  3. #0736ef

Triadic

  1. #07aaef
  2. #ef07aa
  3. #aaef07

Tetradic

  1. #07aaef
  2. #4c07ef
  3. #ef4c07
  4. #aaef07

Square

  1. #07aaef
  2. #c007ef
  3. #ef4c07
  4. #36ef07

Monochromatic

  1. #03405a
  2. #0575a5
  3. #07aaef
  4. #49c5fa
  5. #93ddfc

Shades

#07aaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #07aaef
  2. #0699d7
  3. #0688bf
  4. #0577a7
  5. #04668f
  6. #045578
  7. #034460
  8. #023348
  9. #012230
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#07aaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #07aaef
  2. #20b3f1
  3. #39bbf2
  4. #51c4f4
  5. #6accf5
  6. #83d5f7
  7. #9cddf9
  8. #b5e6fa
  9. #cdeefc
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#07aaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #07aaef
  2. #13a6e4
  3. #1fa2d9
  4. #2b9dce
  5. #3799c3
  6. #4495b8
  7. #5091ac
  8. #5c8da1
  9. #688896
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aaf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c98ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6caaf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #559fee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-07aaef {
  color: #07aaef;
}
Background
.bg-07aaef {
  background-color: #07aaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-07aaef {
  border: 2px solid #07aaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #07aaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 7 170 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 94% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-07aaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #07aaef, #0736ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-07aaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(7 170 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.37 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.46 #f85510 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#07aaef  rgb(7, 170, 239)  hsl(198, 94%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ef4c07  rgb(239, 76, 7)  hsl(18, 94%, 48%)  Tangelo
#ef07aa  rgb(239, 7, 170)  hsl(318, 94%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#aaef07  rgb(170, 239, 7)  hsl(78, 94%, 48%)  Spring Bud