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#0CA0EA

#0ca0ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca0ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 62.75% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.87% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 90.24% 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3116

Complementary

  1. #0ca0ea
  2. #ea560c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca0ea
  2. #ea0c31
  3. #eac50c

Analogous

  1. #0ceac5
  2. #0ca0ea
  3. #0c31ea

Triadic

  1. #0ca0ea
  2. #ea0ca0
  3. #a0ea0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca0ea
  2. #560cea
  3. #ea560c
  4. #a0ea0c

Square

  1. #0ca0ea
  2. #c50cea
  3. #ea560c
  4. #31ea0c

Monochromatic

  1. #053d58
  2. #086ea1
  3. #0ca0ea
  4. #4dbdf6
  5. #95d8fa

Shades

#0ca0ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca0ea
  2. #0b90d3
  3. #0a80bb
  4. #0870a4
  5. #07608c
  6. #065075
  7. #05405e
  8. #043046
  9. #02202f
  10. #011017
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca0ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca0ea
  2. #24aaec
  3. #3db3ee
  4. #55bdf0
  5. #6dc6f2
  6. #86d0f5
  7. #9ed9f7
  8. #b6e3f9
  9. #ceecfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca0ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca0ea
  2. #189ddf
  3. #239ad5
  4. #2f96ca
  5. #3a93c0
  6. #4690b5
  7. #528daa
  8. #5d8aa0
  9. #698695
  10. #74838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789bbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #608fe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a1ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b96e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca0ea {
  color: #0ca0ea;
}
Background
.bg-0ca0ea {
  background-color: #0ca0ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca0ea {
  border: 2px solid #0ca0ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca0ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 160 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca0ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca0ea, #0c31ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca0ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 160 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.22 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.54 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.70 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.55 #f35f15 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca0ea  rgb(12, 160, 234)  hsl(200, 90%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ea560c  rgb(234, 86, 12)  hsl(20, 90%, 48%)  Persimmon
#ea0ca0  rgb(234, 12, 160)  hsl(320, 90%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a0ea0c  rgb(160, 234, 12)  hsl(80, 90%, 48%)  Spring Bud