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#0CA4DA

#0ca4da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca4da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 64.31% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.5% cyan, 24.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 195.73°, 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.11.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3169

Complementary

  1. #0ca4da
  2. #da420c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca4da
  2. #da0c3d
  3. #daa90c

Analogous

  1. #0cdaa9
  2. #0ca4da
  3. #0c3dda

Triadic

  1. #0ca4da
  2. #da0ca4
  3. #a4da0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca4da
  2. #420cda
  3. #da420c
  4. #a4da0c

Square

  1. #0ca4da
  2. #a90cda
  3. #da420c
  4. #3dda0c

Monochromatic

  1. #043749
  2. #086d92
  3. #0ca4da
  4. #3ec5f4
  5. #87dbf8

Shades

#0ca4da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca4da
  2. #0b94c4
  3. #0a83ae
  4. #087399
  5. #076283
  6. #06526d
  7. #054257
  8. #043141
  9. #02212c
  10. #011016
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca4da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca4da
  2. #24adde
  3. #3db6e1
  4. #55bfe5
  5. #6dc8e9
  6. #86d2ed
  7. #9edbf0
  8. #b6e4f4
  9. #ceedf8
  10. #e7f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca4da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca4da
  2. #18a0d1
  3. #239dc8
  4. #2f99bf
  5. #3a96b6
  6. #4692ad
  7. #528ea4
  8. #5d8b9b
  9. #698792
  10. #748489
  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 #799db6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a2dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7091d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca3dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5899da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca4da {
  color: #0ca4da;
}
Background
.bg-0ca4da {
  background-color: #0ca4da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca4da {
  border: 2px solid #0ca4da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca4da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 164 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca4da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca4da, #0c3dda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca4da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 164 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.74 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.72 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.73 #f35b25 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca4da  rgb(12, 164, 218)  hsl(196, 90%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#da420c  rgb(218, 66, 12)  hsl(16, 90%, 45%)  Sinopia
#da0ca4  rgb(218, 12, 164)  hsl(316, 90%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#a4da0c  rgb(164, 218, 12)  hsl(76, 90%, 45%)  Yellow Green