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#0CA8EE

#0ca8ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca8ee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 65.88% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.96% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 198.58°, with 90.4% saturation and 49.02% 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 luminance0.3426

Complementary

  1. #0ca8ee
  2. #ee520c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca8ee
  2. #ee0c37
  3. #eec30c

Analogous

  1. #0ceec3
  2. #0ca8ee
  3. #0c37ee

Triadic

  1. #0ca8ee
  2. #ee0ca8
  3. #a8ee0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca8ee
  2. #520cee
  3. #ee520c
  4. #a8ee0c

Square

  1. #0ca8ee
  2. #c30cee
  3. #ee520c
  4. #37ee0c

Monochromatic

  1. #05415c
  2. #0875a5
  3. #0ca8ee
  4. #50c3f6
  5. #99dcfa

Shades

#0ca8ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca8ee
  2. #0b97d6
  3. #0a86be
  4. #0876a7
  5. #07658f
  6. #065477
  7. #05435f
  8. #043247
  9. #022230
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca8ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca8ee
  2. #24b1f0
  3. #3db9f1
  4. #55c2f3
  5. #6dcbf5
  6. #86d4f7
  7. #9edcf8
  8. #b6e5fa
  9. #ceeefc
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca8ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca8ee
  2. #18a4e3
  3. #23a0d8
  4. #2f9ccd
  5. #3a98c2
  6. #4694b7
  7. #5290ac
  8. #5d8ca1
  9. #698896
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea2c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a8f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a96ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa8f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539eed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca8ee {
  color: #0ca8ee;
}
Background
.bg-0ca8ee {
  background-color: #0ca8ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca8ee {
  border: 2px solid #0ca8ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca8ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 168 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 90% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca8ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca8ee, #0c37ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca8ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 168 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.88 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.43 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.77 #f35711 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca8ee  rgb(12, 168, 238)  hsl(199, 90%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ee520c  rgb(238, 82, 12)  hsl(19, 90%, 49%)  Tangelo
#ee0ca8  rgb(238, 12, 168)  hsl(319, 90%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ee0c  rgb(168, 238, 12)  hsl(79, 90%, 49%)  Spring Bud