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#0CA3EB

#0ca3eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca3eb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 63.92% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.89% cyan, 30.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 199.37°, 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 7.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.09.

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Relative luminance0.3227

Complementary

  1. #0ca3eb
  2. #eb540c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca3eb
  2. #eb0c34
  3. #ebc30c

Analogous

  1. #0cebc3
  2. #0ca3eb
  3. #0c34eb

Triadic

  1. #0ca3eb
  2. #eb0ca3
  3. #a3eb0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca3eb
  2. #540ceb
  3. #eb540c
  4. #a3eb0c

Square

  1. #0ca3eb
  2. #c30ceb
  3. #eb540c
  4. #34eb0c

Monochromatic

  1. #053e59
  2. #0871a2
  3. #0ca3eb
  4. #4ec0f6
  5. #96dafa

Shades

#0ca3eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca3eb
  2. #0b93d4
  3. #0a82bc
  4. #0872a5
  5. #07628d
  6. #065276
  7. #05415e
  8. #043147
  9. #02212f
  10. #011018
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca3eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca3eb
  2. #24aced
  3. #3db5ef
  4. #55bff1
  5. #6dc8f3
  6. #86d1f5
  7. #9edaf7
  8. #b6e3f9
  9. #ceedfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca3eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca3eb
  2. #18a0e0
  3. #239cd6
  4. #2f99cb
  5. #3a95c0
  6. #4692b6
  7. #528eab
  8. #5d8ba0
  9. #698795
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a4ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6492ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a4ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f99ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca3eb {
  color: #0ca3eb;
}
Background
.bg-0ca3eb {
  background-color: #0ca3eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca3eb {
  border: 2px solid #0ca3eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca3eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 163 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca3eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca3eb, #0c34eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca3eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 163 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.23 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.84 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.30 #f35c14 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca3eb  rgb(12, 163, 235)  hsl(199, 90%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#eb540c  rgb(235, 84, 12)  hsl(19, 90%, 48%)  Persimmon
#eb0ca3  rgb(235, 12, 163)  hsl(319, 90%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#a3eb0c  rgb(163, 235, 12)  hsl(79, 90%, 48%)  Spring Bud