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#0B91CD

#0b91cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0b91cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.31% red, 56.86% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.63% cyan, 29.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.56°, with 89.81% saturation and 42.35% 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 5.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.28.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2473

Complementary

  1. #0b91cd
  2. #cd470b

Split complementary

  1. #0b91cd
  2. #cd0b30
  3. #cda80b

Analogous

  1. #0bcda8
  2. #0b91cd
  3. #0b30cd

Triadic

  1. #0b91cd
  2. #cd0b91
  3. #91cd0b

Tetradic

  1. #0b91cd
  2. #470bcd
  3. #cd470b
  4. #91cd0b

Square

  1. #0b91cd
  2. #a80bcd
  3. #cd470b
  4. #30cd0b

Monochromatic

  1. #032a3c
  2. #075e84
  3. #0b91cd
  4. #31b7f4
  5. #79d1f8

Shades

#0b91cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0b91cd
  2. #0a83b9
  3. #0974a4
  4. #086690
  5. #07577b
  6. #064967
  7. #043a52
  8. #032c3e
  9. #021d29
  10. #010f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0b91cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0b91cd
  2. #239cd2
  3. #3ca7d7
  4. #54b2dc
  5. #6dbde1
  6. #85c8e6
  7. #9dd3eb
  8. #b6def0
  9. #cee9f5
  10. #e7f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0b91cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0b91cd
  2. #178fc5
  3. #228ebe
  4. #2e8cb6
  5. #3a8aae
  6. #4689a7
  7. #51879f
  8. #5d8597
  9. #69838f
  10. #748288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c8ca8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7491d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b81cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a0a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b91cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4888cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0b91cd {
  color: #0b91cd;
}
Background
.bg-0b91cd {
  background-color: #0b91cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0b91cd {
  border: 2px solid #0b91cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0b91cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 11 145 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 90% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0b91cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0b91cd, #0b30cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0b91cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(11 145 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.28 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.91 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.23 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.53 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.49 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.92 #f46e32 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0b91cd  rgb(11, 145, 205)  hsl(199, 90%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#cd470b  rgb(205, 71, 11)  hsl(19, 90%, 42%)  Sinopia
#cd0b91  rgb(205, 11, 145)  hsl(319, 90%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#91cd0b  rgb(145, 205, 11)  hsl(79, 90%, 42%)  Yellow Green