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#0BA2EB

#0ba2eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ba2eb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.31% red, 63.53% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.32% cyan, 31.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 199.55°, with 91.06% saturation and 48.24% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.05.

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Relative luminance0.3191

Complementary

  1. #0ba2eb
  2. #eb540b

Split complementary

  1. #0ba2eb
  2. #eb0b32
  3. #ebc40b

Analogous

  1. #0bebc4
  2. #0ba2eb
  3. #0b32eb

Triadic

  1. #0ba2eb
  2. #eb0ba2
  3. #a2eb0b

Tetradic

  1. #0ba2eb
  2. #540beb
  3. #eb540b
  4. #a2eb0b

Square

  1. #0ba2eb
  2. #c40beb
  3. #eb540b
  4. #32eb0b

Monochromatic

  1. #043d59
  2. #0870a2
  3. #0ba2eb
  4. #4cbff7
  5. #95d9fa

Shades

#0ba2eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ba2eb
  2. #0a92d4
  3. #0982bc
  4. #0871a5
  5. #07618d
  6. #065176
  7. #04415e
  8. #033147
  9. #02202f
  10. #011018
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ba2eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ba2eb
  2. #23abed
  3. #3cb5ef
  4. #54bef1
  5. #6dc7f3
  6. #85d1f5
  7. #9ddaf7
  8. #b6e3f9
  9. #ceecfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ba2eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ba2eb
  2. #179fe0
  3. #229bd6
  4. #2e98cb
  5. #3a94c0
  6. #4691b6
  7. #518eab
  8. #5d8aa0
  9. #698795
  10. #74838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa3ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6291ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a3ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d98ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ba2eb {
  color: #0ba2eb;
}
Background
.bg-0ba2eb {
  background-color: #0ba2eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ba2eb {
  border: 2px solid #0ba2eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ba2eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 11 162 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 91% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ba2eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ba2eb, #0b32eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ba2eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(11 162 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.63 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.86 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.87 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.07 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.19 #f45d14 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ba2eb  rgb(11, 162, 235)  hsl(200, 91%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#eb540b  rgb(235, 84, 11)  hsl(20, 91%, 48%)  Persimmon
#eb0ba2  rgb(235, 11, 162)  hsl(320, 91%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a2eb0b  rgb(162, 235, 11)  hsl(80, 91%, 48%)  Spring Bud