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#08A0DD

#08a0dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#08a0dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 62.75% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.38% cyan, 27.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 197.18°, with 93.01% saturation and 44.9% 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 7.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.3041

Complementary

  1. #08a0dd
  2. #dd4508

Split complementary

  1. #08a0dd
  2. #dd0836
  3. #ddaf08

Analogous

  1. #08ddaf
  2. #08a0dd
  3. #0836dd

Triadic

  1. #08a0dd
  2. #dd08a0
  3. #a0dd08

Tetradic

  1. #08a0dd
  2. #4508dd
  3. #dd4508
  4. #a0dd08

Square

  1. #08a0dd
  2. #af08dd
  3. #dd4508
  4. #36dd08

Monochromatic

  1. #033549
  2. #056b93
  3. #08a0dd
  4. #3ac1f8
  5. #83d8fb

Shades

#08a0dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08a0dd
  2. #0790c7
  3. #0680b1
  4. #06709b
  5. #056085
  6. #04506f
  7. #034058
  8. #023042
  9. #02202c
  10. #011016
  11. #000000

Tints

#08a0dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08a0dd
  2. #21aae0
  3. #39b3e4
  4. #52bde7
  5. #6bc6eb
  6. #84d0ee
  7. #9cd9f1
  8. #b5e3f5
  9. #ceecf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08a0dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08a0dd
  2. #149dd4
  3. #209aca
  4. #2c96c1
  5. #3893b8
  6. #4490af
  7. #508da5
  8. #5c8a9c
  9. #688693
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779ab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829fe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688edc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a0df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5296dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aac6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08a0dd {
  color: #08a0dd;
}
Background
.bg-08a0dd {
  background-color: #08a0dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08a0dd {
  border: 2px solid #08a0dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08a0dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 160 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 93% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08a0dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08a0dd, #0836dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08a0dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 160 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.78 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.43 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.93 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.16 #f75f22 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#08a0dd  rgb(8, 160, 221)  hsl(197, 93%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#dd4508  rgb(221, 69, 8)  hsl(17, 93%, 45%)  Sinopia
#dd08a0  rgb(221, 8, 160)  hsl(317, 93%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#a0dd08  rgb(160, 221, 8)  hsl(77, 93%, 45%)  Yellow Green