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#0CA6EB

#0ca6eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca6eb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.89% cyan, 29.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 198.57°, with 90.28% saturation and 48.43% 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 7.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.4.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3335

Complementary

  1. #0ca6eb
  2. #eb510c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca6eb
  2. #eb0c36
  3. #ebc10c

Analogous

  1. #0cebc1
  2. #0ca6eb
  3. #0c36eb

Triadic

  1. #0ca6eb
  2. #eb0ca6
  3. #a6eb0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca6eb
  2. #510ceb
  3. #eb510c
  4. #a6eb0c

Square

  1. #0ca6eb
  2. #c10ceb
  3. #eb510c
  4. #36eb0c

Monochromatic

  1. #053f59
  2. #0873a2
  3. #0ca6eb
  4. #4ec2f6
  5. #96dbfa

Shades

#0ca6eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca6eb
  2. #0b95d4
  3. #0a85bc
  4. #0874a5
  5. #07648d
  6. #065376
  7. #05425e
  8. #043247
  9. #02212f
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca6eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca6eb
  2. #24afed
  3. #3db8ef
  4. #55c1f1
  5. #6dcaf3
  6. #86d3f5
  7. #9edbf7
  8. #b6e4f9
  9. #ceedfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca6eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca6eb
  2. #18a2e0
  3. #239ed6
  4. #2f9bcb
  5. #3a97c0
  6. #4693b6
  7. #528fab
  8. #5d8ba0
  9. #698895
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a6ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6994ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a6ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539cea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca6eb {
  color: #0ca6eb;
}
Background
.bg-0ca6eb {
  background-color: #0ca6eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca6eb {
  border: 2px solid #0ca6eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca6eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 166 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca6eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca6eb, #0c36eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca6eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 166 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.34 #f35914 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca6eb  rgb(12, 166, 235)  hsl(199, 90%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#eb510c  rgb(235, 81, 12)  hsl(19, 90%, 48%)  Flame
#eb0ca6  rgb(235, 12, 166)  hsl(319, 90%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#a6eb0c  rgb(166, 235, 12)  hsl(79, 90%, 48%)  Spring Bud