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#0CA9DF

#0ca9df ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca9df is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 66.27% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.62% cyan, 24.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 195.36°, with 89.79% saturation and 46.08% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.73.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3378

Complementary

  1. #0ca9df
  2. #df420c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca9df
  2. #df0c3f
  3. #dfac0c

Analogous

  1. #0cdfac
  2. #0ca9df
  3. #0c3fdf

Triadic

  1. #0ca9df
  2. #df0ca9
  3. #a9df0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca9df
  2. #420cdf
  3. #df420c
  4. #a9df0c

Square

  1. #0ca9df
  2. #ac0cdf
  3. #df420c
  4. #3fdf0c

Monochromatic

  1. #043b4e
  2. #087296
  3. #0ca9df
  4. #43c7f5
  5. #8bddf9

Shades

#0ca9df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca9df
  2. #0b98c9
  3. #0a87b2
  4. #08769c
  5. #076586
  6. #065570
  7. #054459
  8. #043343
  9. #02222d
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca9df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca9df
  2. #24b2e2
  3. #3dbae5
  4. #55c3e9
  5. #6dcbec
  6. #86d4ef
  7. #9eddf2
  8. #b6e5f5
  9. #ceeef9
  10. #e7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca9df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca9df
  2. #18a5d6
  3. #23a1cc
  4. #2f9dc3
  5. #3a99b9
  6. #4695b0
  7. #5290a6
  8. #5d8c9d
  9. #698893
  10. #74848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da2bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da7e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7496de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a8e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9edf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca9df {
  color: #0ca9df;
}
Background
.bg-0ca9df {
  background-color: #0ca9df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca9df {
  border: 2px solid #0ca9df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca9df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 169 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 90% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca9df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca9df, #0c3fdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca9df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 169 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.73 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.70 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.90 #f35620 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca9df  rgb(12, 169, 223)  hsl(195, 90%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#df420c  rgb(223, 66, 12)  hsl(15, 90%, 46%)  Sinopia
#df0ca9  rgb(223, 12, 169)  hsl(315, 90%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a9df0c  rgb(169, 223, 12)  hsl(75, 90%, 46%)  Yellow Green