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#0BADFC

#0badfc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0badfc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.31% red, 67.84% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.63% cyan, 31.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 199.67°, with 97.57% saturation and 51.57% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.84.

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Relative luminance0.3699

Complementary

  1. #0badfc
  2. #fc5a0b

Split complementary

  1. #0badfc
  2. #fc0b34
  3. #fcd30b

Analogous

  1. #0bfcd3
  2. #0badfc
  3. #0b34fc

Triadic

  1. #0badfc
  2. #fc0bad
  3. #adfc0b

Tetradic

  1. #0badfc
  2. #5a0bfc
  3. #fc5a0b
  4. #adfc0b

Square

  1. #0badfc
  2. #d30bfc
  3. #fc5a0b
  4. #34fc0b

Monochromatic

  1. #01496d
  2. #027db8
  3. #0badfc
  4. #57c6fd
  5. #a2e0fe

Shades

#0badfc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0badfc
  2. #0a9ce3
  3. #098aca
  4. #0879b0
  5. #076897
  6. #06577e
  7. #044565
  8. #03344c
  9. #022332
  10. #011119
  11. #000000

Tints

#0badfc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0badfc
  2. #23b5fc
  3. #3cbdfd
  4. #54c6fd
  5. #6dcefd
  6. #85d6fe
  7. #9ddefe
  8. #b6e6fe
  9. #ceeffe
  10. #e7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0badfc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0badfc
  2. #17a9f0
  3. #22a4e3
  4. #2ea0d7
  5. #3a9bca
  6. #4697be
  7. #5192b2
  8. #5d8ea5
  9. #698999
  10. #74858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a8cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #689bfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6baefe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #52a3fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0badfc {
  color: #0badfc;
}
Background
.bg-0badfc {
  background-color: #0badfc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0badfc {
  border: 2px solid #0badfc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0badfc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 11 173 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 98% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0badfc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0badfc, #0b34fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0badfc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(11 173 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.83 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.06 #f45203 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0badfc  rgb(11, 173, 252)  hsl(200, 98%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#fc5a0b  rgb(252, 90, 11)  hsl(20, 98%, 52%)  International Orange
#fc0bad  rgb(252, 11, 173)  hsl(320, 98%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#adfc0b  rgb(173, 252, 11)  hsl(80, 98%, 52%)  Spring Bud