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#0CA2E7

#0ca2e7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca2e7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.81% cyan, 29.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 198.9°, with 90.12% saturation and 47.65% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3169

Complementary

  1. #0ca2e7
  2. #e7510c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca2e7
  2. #e70c35
  3. #e7be0c

Analogous

  1. #0ce7be
  2. #0ca2e7
  3. #0c35e7

Triadic

  1. #0ca2e7
  2. #e70ca2
  3. #a2e70c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca2e7
  2. #510ce7
  3. #e7510c
  4. #a2e70c

Square

  1. #0ca2e7
  2. #be0ce7
  3. #e7510c
  4. #35e70c

Monochromatic

  1. #043c56
  2. #086f9e
  3. #0ca2e7
  4. #4ac0f6
  5. #93d9f9

Shades

#0ca2e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca2e7
  2. #0b92d0
  3. #0a82b9
  4. #0871a2
  5. #07618b
  6. #065174
  7. #05415c
  8. #043145
  9. #02202e
  10. #011017
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca2e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca2e7
  2. #24abe9
  3. #3db5ec
  4. #55beee
  5. #6dc7f1
  6. #86d1f3
  7. #9edaf5
  8. #b6e3f8
  9. #ceecfa
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca2e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca2e7
  2. #189fdd
  3. #239bd2
  4. #2f98c8
  5. #3a94be
  6. #4691b4
  7. #528ea9
  8. #5d8a9f
  9. #698795
  10. #74838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799cbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a3ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6591e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a2e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5098e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca2e7 {
  color: #0ca2e7;
}
Background
.bg-0ca2e7 {
  background-color: #0ca2e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca2e7 {
  border: 2px solid #0ca2e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca2e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 162 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca2e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca2e7, #0c35e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca2e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 162 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.18 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.28 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.06 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.19 #f35d18 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca2e7  rgb(12, 162, 231)  hsl(199, 90%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#e7510c  rgb(231, 81, 12)  hsl(19, 90%, 48%)  Flame
#e70ca2  rgb(231, 12, 162)  hsl(319, 90%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#a2e70c  rgb(162, 231, 12)  hsl(79, 90%, 48%)  Spring Bud