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#0CA4E9

#0ca4e9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca4e9 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 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.85% cyan, 29.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 198.73°, with 90.2% saturation and 48.04% 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 4.16.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3251

Complementary

  1. #0ca4e9
  2. #e9510c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca4e9
  2. #e90c36
  3. #e9bf0c

Analogous

  1. #0ce9bf
  2. #0ca4e9
  3. #0c36e9

Triadic

  1. #0ca4e9
  2. #e90ca4
  3. #a4e90c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca4e9
  2. #510ce9
  3. #e9510c
  4. #a4e90c

Square

  1. #0ca4e9
  2. #bf0ce9
  3. #e9510c
  4. #36e90c

Monochromatic

  1. #053e57
  2. #0871a0
  3. #0ca4e9
  4. #4cc1f6
  5. #94dafa

Shades

#0ca4e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca4e9
  2. #0b94d2
  3. #0a83ba
  4. #0873a3
  5. #07628c
  6. #065275
  7. #05425d
  8. #043146
  9. #02212f
  10. #011017
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca4e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca4e9
  2. #24adeb
  3. #3db6ed
  4. #55bff0
  5. #6dc8f2
  6. #86d2f4
  7. #9edbf6
  8. #b6e4f8
  9. #ceedfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca4e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca4e9
  2. #18a0df
  3. #239dd4
  4. #2f99ca
  5. #3a96bf
  6. #4692b5
  7. #528eaa
  8. #5d8ba0
  9. #698795
  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 #7b9ebf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a4ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6792e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a4eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #519ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca4e9 {
  color: #0ca4e9;
}
Background
.bg-0ca4e9 {
  background-color: #0ca4e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca4e9 {
  border: 2px solid #0ca4e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca4e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 164 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca4e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca4e9, #0c36e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca4e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 164 233 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.93 #f35b16 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca4e9  rgb(12, 164, 233)  hsl(199, 90%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#e9510c  rgb(233, 81, 12)  hsl(19, 90%, 48%)  Flame
#e90ca4  rgb(233, 12, 164)  hsl(319, 90%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e90c  rgb(164, 233, 12)  hsl(79, 90%, 48%)  Spring Bud