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#0CA5EC

#0ca5ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca5ec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 64.71% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.92% cyan, 30.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 199.02°, with 90.32% saturation and 48.63% 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 7.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.28.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3304

Complementary

  1. #0ca5ec
  2. #ec530c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca5ec
  2. #ec0c35
  3. #ecc30c

Analogous

  1. #0cecc3
  2. #0ca5ec
  3. #0c35ec

Triadic

  1. #0ca5ec
  2. #ec0ca5
  3. #a5ec0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca5ec
  2. #530cec
  3. #ec530c
  4. #a5ec0c

Square

  1. #0ca5ec
  2. #c30cec
  3. #ec530c
  4. #35ec0c

Monochromatic

  1. #053f5a
  2. #0872a3
  3. #0ca5ec
  4. #4ec1f6
  5. #97dbfa

Shades

#0ca5ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca5ec
  2. #0b95d4
  3. #0a84bd
  4. #0874a5
  5. #07638e
  6. #065376
  7. #05425e
  8. #043247
  9. #02212f
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca5ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca5ec
  2. #24aeee
  3. #3db7f0
  4. #55c0f2
  5. #6dc9f4
  6. #86d2f6
  7. #9edbf7
  8. #b6e4f9
  9. #ceedfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca5ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca5ec
  2. #18a1e1
  3. #239ed6
  4. #2f9acc
  5. #3a96c1
  6. #4693b6
  7. #528fab
  8. #5d8ba0
  9. #698796
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a6ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6693eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a5ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #519beb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca5ec {
  color: #0ca5ec;
}
Background
.bg-0ca5ec {
  background-color: #0ca5ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca5ec {
  border: 2px solid #0ca5ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca5ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 165 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 90% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca5ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca5ec, #0c35ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca5ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 165 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.28 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.82 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.38 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.87 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.09 #f35a13 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca5ec  rgb(12, 165, 236)  hsl(199, 90%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ec530c  rgb(236, 83, 12)  hsl(19, 90%, 49%)  Persimmon
#ec0ca5  rgb(236, 12, 165)  hsl(319, 90%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a5ec0c  rgb(165, 236, 12)  hsl(79, 90%, 49%)  Spring Bud