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#08A8DA

#08a8da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#08a8da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 65.88% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.33% cyan, 22.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 194.29°, with 92.92% saturation and 44.31% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.2.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3312

Complementary

  1. #08a8da
  2. #da3a08

Split complementary

  1. #08a8da
  2. #da083f
  3. #daa308

Analogous

  1. #08daa3
  2. #08a8da
  3. #083fda

Triadic

  1. #08a8da
  2. #da08a8
  3. #a8da08

Tetradic

  1. #08a8da
  2. #3a08da
  3. #da3a08
  4. #a8da08

Square

  1. #08a8da
  2. #a308da
  3. #da3a08
  4. #3fda08

Monochromatic

  1. #033646
  2. #056f90
  3. #08a8da
  4. #37caf8
  5. #81ddfa

Shades

#08a8da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08a8da
  2. #0797c4
  3. #0686ae
  4. #067699
  5. #056583
  6. #04546d
  7. #034357
  8. #023241
  9. #02222c
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#08a8da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08a8da
  2. #21b1de
  3. #39b9e1
  4. #52c2e5
  5. #6bcbe9
  6. #84d4ed
  7. #9cdcf0
  8. #b5e5f4
  9. #ceeef8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08a8da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08a8da
  2. #14a4d1
  3. #20a0c8
  4. #2c9cbf
  5. #3898b6
  6. #4494ad
  7. #5090a4
  8. #5c8c9b
  9. #688892
  10. #748489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ba1b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea5dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7594d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a6db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9dda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08a8da {
  color: #08a8da;
}
Background
.bg-08a8da {
  background-color: #08a8da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08a8da {
  border: 2px solid #08a8da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08a8da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 168 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 93% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08a8da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08a8da, #083fda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08a8da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 168 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.20 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.99 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.67 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.44 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.61 #f75725 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#08a8da  rgb(8, 168, 218)  hsl(194, 93%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#da3a08  rgb(218, 58, 8)  hsl(14, 93%, 44%)  Sinopia
#da08a8  rgb(218, 8, 168)  hsl(314, 93%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a8da08  rgb(168, 218, 8)  hsl(74, 93%, 44%)  Yellow Green