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#0CA2DA

#0ca2da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca2da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 63.53% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.5% cyan, 25.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 196.31°, with 89.57% saturation and 45.1% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.72.

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Relative luminance0.3098

Complementary

  1. #0ca2da
  2. #da440c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca2da
  2. #da0c3b
  3. #daab0c

Analogous

  1. #0cdaab
  2. #0ca2da
  3. #0c3bda

Triadic

  1. #0ca2da
  2. #da0ca2
  3. #a2da0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca2da
  2. #440cda
  3. #da440c
  4. #a2da0c

Square

  1. #0ca2da
  2. #ab0cda
  3. #da440c
  4. #3bda0c

Monochromatic

  1. #043649
  2. #086c92
  3. #0ca2da
  4. #3ec3f4
  5. #87d9f8

Shades

#0ca2da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca2da
  2. #0b92c4
  3. #0a82ae
  4. #087199
  5. #076183
  6. #06516d
  7. #054157
  8. #043141
  9. #02202c
  10. #011016
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca2da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca2da
  2. #24abde
  3. #3db5e1
  4. #55bee5
  5. #6dc7e9
  6. #86d1ed
  7. #9edaf0
  8. #b6e3f4
  9. #ceecf8
  10. #e7f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca2da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca2da
  2. #189fd1
  3. #239bc8
  4. #2f98bf
  5. #3a94b6
  6. #4691ad
  7. #528ea4
  8. #5d8a9b
  9. #698792
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789cb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a1dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d90d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa1dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5697d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca2da {
  color: #0ca2da;
}
Background
.bg-0ca2da {
  background-color: #0ca2da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca2da {
  border: 2px solid #0ca2da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca2da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 162 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca2da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca2da, #0c3bda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca2da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 162 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.25 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.69 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.35 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.98 #f35d25 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca2da  rgb(12, 162, 218)  hsl(196, 90%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#da440c  rgb(218, 68, 12)  hsl(16, 90%, 45%)  Sinopia
#da0ca2  rgb(218, 12, 162)  hsl(316, 90%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2da0c  rgb(162, 218, 12)  hsl(76, 90%, 45%)  Yellow Green