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#0CA6EA

#0ca6ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca6ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 65.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.87% cyan, 29.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.38°, with 90.24% saturation and 48.24% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3329

Complementary

  1. #0ca6ea
  2. #ea500c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca6ea
  2. #ea0c37
  3. #eabf0c

Analogous

  1. #0ceabf
  2. #0ca6ea
  3. #0c37ea

Triadic

  1. #0ca6ea
  2. #ea0ca6
  3. #a6ea0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca6ea
  2. #500cea
  3. #ea500c
  4. #a6ea0c

Square

  1. #0ca6ea
  2. #bf0cea
  3. #ea500c
  4. #37ea0c

Monochromatic

  1. #053f58
  2. #0872a1
  3. #0ca6ea
  4. #4dc2f6
  5. #95dbfa

Shades

#0ca6ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca6ea
  2. #0b95d3
  3. #0a85bb
  4. #0874a4
  5. #07648c
  6. #065375
  7. #05425e
  8. #043246
  9. #02212f
  10. #011117
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca6ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca6ea
  2. #24afec
  3. #3db8ee
  4. #55c1f0
  5. #6dcaf2
  6. #86d3f5
  7. #9edbf7
  8. #b6e4f9
  9. #ceedfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca6ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca6ea
  2. #18a2df
  3. #239ed5
  4. #2f9bca
  5. #3a97c0
  6. #4693b5
  7. #528faa
  8. #5d8ba0
  9. #698895
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca0c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a6ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6994e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a6ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca6ea {
  color: #0ca6ea;
}
Background
.bg-0ca6ea {
  background-color: #0ca6ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca6ea {
  border: 2px solid #0ca6ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca6ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 166 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca6ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca6ea, #0c37ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca6ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 166 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.19 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.72 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.45 #f35915 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca6ea  rgb(12, 166, 234)  hsl(198, 90%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ea500c  rgb(234, 80, 12)  hsl(18, 90%, 48%)  Flame
#ea0ca6  rgb(234, 12, 166)  hsl(318, 90%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#a6ea0c  rgb(166, 234, 12)  hsl(78, 90%, 48%)  Spring Bud