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#08A3FF

#08a3ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#08a3ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 63.92% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.86% cyan, 36.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 202.35°, with 100% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3347

Complementary

  1. #08a3ff
  2. #ff6408

Split complementary

  1. #08a3ff
  2. #ff0827
  3. #ffe008

Analogous

  1. #08ffe0
  2. #08a3ff
  3. #0827ff

Triadic

  1. #08a3ff
  2. #ff08a3
  3. #a3ff08

Tetradic

  1. #08a3ff
  2. #6408ff
  3. #ff6408
  4. #a3ff08

Square

  1. #08a3ff
  2. #e008ff
  3. #ff6408
  4. #27ff08

Monochromatic

  1. #00456e
  2. #0075bb
  3. #08a3ff
  4. #55bfff
  5. #a1dcff

Shades

#08a3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08a3ff
  2. #0793e6
  3. #0682cc
  4. #0672b3
  5. #056299
  6. #045280
  7. #034166
  8. #02314d
  9. #022133
  10. #01101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#08a3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08a3ff
  2. #21acff
  3. #39b5ff
  4. #52bfff
  5. #6bc8ff
  6. #84d1ff
  7. #9cdaff
  8. #b5e3ff
  9. #ceedff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08a3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08a3ff
  2. #14a0f2
  3. #209ce6
  4. #2c99d9
  5. #3895cc
  6. #4492c0
  7. #508eb3
  8. #5c8ba6
  9. #688799
  10. #74848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9fcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5494fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5da6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #429afe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08a3ff {
  color: #08a3ff;
}
Background
.bg-08a3ff {
  background-color: #08a3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08a3ff {
  border: 2px solid #08a3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08a3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 163 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08a3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08a3ff, #0827ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08a3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 163 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.61 #f75c00 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#08a3ff  rgb(8, 163, 255)  hsl(202, 100%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ff6408  rgb(255, 100, 8)  hsl(22, 100%, 52%)  Pumpkin
#ff08a3  rgb(255, 8, 163)  hsl(322, 100%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#a3ff08  rgb(163, 255, 8)  hsl(82, 100%, 52%)  Spring Bud