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#09ACFF

#09acff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#09acff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.47% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.24°, with 100% saturation and 51.76% 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 8.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.82.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3678

Complementary

  1. #09acff
  2. #ff5c09

Split complementary

  1. #09acff
  2. #ff0931
  3. #ffd709

Analogous

  1. #09ffd7
  2. #09acff
  3. #0931ff

Triadic

  1. #09acff
  2. #ff09ac
  3. #acff09

Tetradic

  1. #09acff
  2. #5c09ff
  3. #ff5c09
  4. #acff09

Square

  1. #09acff
  2. #d709ff
  3. #ff5c09
  4. #31ff09

Monochromatic

  1. #004a6f
  2. #007cbb
  3. #09acff
  4. #55c6ff
  5. #a2e0ff

Shades

#09acff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09acff
  2. #089be6
  3. #078acc
  4. #0678b3
  5. #056799
  6. #055680
  7. #044566
  8. #03344d
  9. #022233
  10. #01111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#09acff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09acff
  2. #22b4ff
  3. #3abdff
  4. #53c5ff
  5. #6bcdff
  6. #84d6ff
  7. #9ddeff
  8. #b5e6ff
  9. #ceeeff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09acff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09acff
  2. #15a8f2
  3. #21a3e6
  4. #2d9fd9
  5. #399acc
  6. #4596c0
  7. #5092b3
  8. #5c8da6
  9. #688999
  10. #74848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a7cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #649bfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68adff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4fa2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09acff {
  color: #09acff;
}
Background
.bg-09acff {
  background-color: #09acff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09acff {
  border: 2px solid #09acff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09acff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09acff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09acff, #0931ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09acff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.82 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.42 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.12 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.20 #f65300 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#09acff  rgb(9, 172, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5c09  rgb(255, 92, 9)  hsl(20, 100%, 52%)  International Orange
#ff09ac  rgb(255, 9, 172)  hsl(320, 100%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#acff09  rgb(172, 255, 9)  hsl(80, 100%, 52%)  Spring Bud