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#0CA7F4

#0ca7f4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca7f4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 65.49% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.08% cyan, 31.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 199.91°, with 91.34% saturation and 50.2% 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 7.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.7.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3425

Complementary

  1. #0ca7f4
  2. #f4590c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca7f4
  2. #f40c33
  3. #f4cd0c

Analogous

  1. #0cf4cd
  2. #0ca7f4
  3. #0c33f4

Triadic

  1. #0ca7f4
  2. #f40ca7
  3. #a7f40c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca7f4
  2. #590cf4
  3. #f4590c
  4. #a7f40c

Square

  1. #0ca7f4
  2. #cd0cf4
  3. #f4590c
  4. #33f40c

Monochromatic

  1. #044363
  2. #0875ac
  3. #0ca7f4
  4. #55c2f7
  5. #9edcfb

Shades

#0ca7f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca7f4
  2. #0b96dc
  3. #0a86c3
  4. #0875ab
  5. #076492
  6. #06547a
  7. #054362
  8. #043249
  9. #022131
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca7f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca7f4
  2. #24b0f5
  3. #3db9f6
  4. #55c1f7
  5. #6dcaf8
  6. #86d3fa
  7. #9edcfb
  8. #b6e5fc
  9. #ceedfd
  10. #e7f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca7f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca7f4
  2. #18a3e8
  3. #239fdd
  4. #2f9bd1
  5. #3a97c6
  6. #4694ba
  7. #5290ae
  8. #5d8ca3
  9. #698897
  10. #74848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea2c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a8f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6496f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a8f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f9df3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca7f4 {
  color: #0ca7f4;
}
Background
.bg-0ca7f4 {
  background-color: #0ca7f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca7f4 {
  border: 2px solid #0ca7f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca7f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 167 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 91% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca7f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca7f4, #0c33f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca7f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 167 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.74 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.34 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.90 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.63 #f3580b Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca7f4  rgb(12, 167, 244)  hsl(200, 91%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#f4590c  rgb(244, 89, 12)  hsl(20, 91%, 50%)  Persimmon
#f40ca7  rgb(244, 12, 167)  hsl(320, 91%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a7f40c  rgb(167, 244, 12)  hsl(80, 91%, 50%)  Spring Bud