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#0CA2EB

#0ca2eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca2eb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.89% cyan, 31.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 199.64°, with 90.28% saturation and 48.43% 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 4.04.

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Relative luminance0.3192

Complementary

  1. #0ca2eb
  2. #eb550c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca2eb
  2. #eb0c33
  3. #ebc40c

Analogous

  1. #0cebc4
  2. #0ca2eb
  3. #0c33eb

Triadic

  1. #0ca2eb
  2. #eb0ca2
  3. #a2eb0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca2eb
  2. #550ceb
  3. #eb550c
  4. #a2eb0c

Square

  1. #0ca2eb
  2. #c40ceb
  3. #eb550c
  4. #33eb0c

Monochromatic

  1. #053e59
  2. #0870a2
  3. #0ca2eb
  4. #4ebff6
  5. #96d9fa

Shades

#0ca2eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca2eb
  2. #0b92d4
  3. #0a82bc
  4. #0871a5
  5. #07618d
  6. #065176
  7. #05415e
  8. #043147
  9. #02202f
  10. #011018
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca2eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca2eb
  2. #24abed
  3. #3db5ef
  4. #55bef1
  5. #6dc7f3
  6. #86d1f5
  7. #9edaf7
  8. #b6e3f9
  9. #ceecfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca2eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca2eb
  2. #189fe0
  3. #239bd6
  4. #2f98cb
  5. #3a94c0
  6. #4691b6
  7. #528eab
  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 #7a9dbf ≈ 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 #4e98ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca2eb {
  color: #0ca2eb;
}
Background
.bg-0ca2eb {
  background-color: #0ca2eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca2eb {
  border: 2px solid #0ca2eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca2eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 162 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca2eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca2eb, #0c33eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca2eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 162 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.87 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.18 #f35d14 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca2eb  rgb(12, 162, 235)  hsl(200, 90%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#eb550c  rgb(235, 85, 12)  hsl(20, 90%, 48%)  Persimmon
#eb0ca2  rgb(235, 12, 162)  hsl(320, 90%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a2eb0c  rgb(162, 235, 12)  hsl(80, 90%, 48%)  Spring Bud