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#08A5FA

#08a5fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#08a5fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 64.71% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.8% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 201.07°, with 96.03% saturation and 50.59% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.86.

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Relative luminance0.3386

Complementary

  1. #08a5fa
  2. #fa5d08

Split complementary

  1. #08a5fa
  2. #fa082c
  3. #fad608

Analogous

  1. #08fad6
  2. #08a5fa
  3. #082cfa

Triadic

  1. #08a5fa
  2. #fa08a5
  3. #a5fa08

Tetradic

  1. #08a5fa
  2. #5d08fa
  3. #fa5d08
  4. #a5fa08

Square

  1. #08a5fa
  2. #d608fa
  3. #fa5d08
  4. #2cfa08

Monochromatic

  1. #024467
  2. #0475b2
  3. #08a5fa
  4. #53c0fc
  5. #9edcfd

Shades

#08a5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08a5fa
  2. #0795e1
  3. #0684c8
  4. #0674af
  5. #056396
  6. #04537d
  7. #034264
  8. #02324b
  9. #022132
  10. #011119
  11. #000000

Tints

#08a5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08a5fa
  2. #21aefb
  3. #39b7fb
  4. #52c0fc
  5. #6bc9fc
  6. #84d2fd
  7. #9cdbfd
  8. #b5e4fe
  9. #ceedfe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08a5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08a5fa
  2. #14a1ee
  3. #209ee2
  4. #2c9ad5
  5. #3896c9
  6. #4493bd
  7. #508fb1
  8. #5c8ba5
  9. #688798
  10. #74848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da0c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c95f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #489bf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08a5fa {
  color: #08a5fa;
}
Background
.bg-08a5fa {
  background-color: #08a5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08a5fa {
  border: 2px solid #08a5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08a5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 165 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08a5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08a5fa, #082cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08a5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 165 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.13 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.15 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.81 #f75a05 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#08a5fa  rgb(8, 165, 250)  hsl(201, 96%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#fa5d08  rgb(250, 93, 8)  hsl(21, 96%, 51%)  International Orange
#fa08a5  rgb(250, 8, 165)  hsl(321, 96%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#a5fa08  rgb(165, 250, 8)  hsl(81, 96%, 51%)  Spring Bud