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#0CA3EF

#0ca3ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca3ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.98% cyan, 31.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 200.09°, with 90.44% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.325

Complementary

  1. #0ca3ef
  2. #ef580c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca3ef
  2. #ef0c31
  3. #efca0c

Analogous

  1. #0cefca
  2. #0ca3ef
  3. #0c31ef

Triadic

  1. #0ca3ef
  2. #ef0ca3
  3. #a3ef0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca3ef
  2. #580cef
  3. #ef580c
  4. #a3ef0c

Square

  1. #0ca3ef
  2. #ca0cef
  3. #ef580c
  4. #31ef0c

Monochromatic

  1. #05405d
  2. #0871a6
  3. #0ca3ef
  4. #51bff6
  5. #9adafa

Shades

#0ca3ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca3ef
  2. #0b93d7
  3. #0a82bf
  4. #0872a7
  5. #07628f
  6. #065278
  7. #054160
  8. #043148
  9. #022130
  10. #011018
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca3ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca3ef
  2. #24acf1
  3. #3db5f2
  4. #55bff4
  5. #6dc8f5
  6. #86d1f7
  7. #9edaf9
  8. #b6e3fa
  9. #ceedfc
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca3ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca3ef
  2. #18a0e4
  3. #239cd9
  4. #2f99ce
  5. #3a95c3
  6. #4692b8
  7. #528eac
  8. #5d8ba1
  9. #698796
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9ec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea5f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6192ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a4f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d99ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca3ef {
  color: #0ca3ef;
}
Background
.bg-0ca3ef {
  background-color: #0ca3ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca3ef {
  border: 2px solid #0ca3ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca3ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 163 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 90% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca3ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca3ef, #0c31ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca3ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 163 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.86 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.73 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.08 #f35c10 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca3ef  rgb(12, 163, 239)  hsl(200, 90%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ef580c  rgb(239, 88, 12)  hsl(20, 90%, 49%)  Persimmon
#ef0ca3  rgb(239, 12, 163)  hsl(320, 90%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a3ef0c  rgb(163, 239, 12)  hsl(80, 90%, 49%)  Spring Bud