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#0CA9EF

#0ca9ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ca9ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.98% cyan, 29.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 198.5°, with 90.44% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.87.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3469

Complementary

  1. #0ca9ef
  2. #ef520c

Split complementary

  1. #0ca9ef
  2. #ef0c38
  3. #efc40c

Analogous

  1. #0cefc4
  2. #0ca9ef
  3. #0c38ef

Triadic

  1. #0ca9ef
  2. #ef0ca9
  3. #a9ef0c

Tetradic

  1. #0ca9ef
  2. #520cef
  3. #ef520c
  4. #a9ef0c

Square

  1. #0ca9ef
  2. #c40cef
  3. #ef520c
  4. #38ef0c

Monochromatic

  1. #05425d
  2. #0876a6
  3. #0ca9ef
  4. #51c3f6
  5. #9adcfa

Shades

#0ca9ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ca9ef
  2. #0b98d7
  3. #0a87bf
  4. #0876a7
  5. #07658f
  6. #065578
  7. #054460
  8. #043348
  9. #022230
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ca9ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ca9ef
  2. #24b2f1
  3. #3dbaf2
  4. #55c3f4
  5. #6dcbf5
  6. #86d4f7
  7. #9eddf9
  8. #b6e5fa
  9. #ceeefc
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ca9ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ca9ef
  2. #18a5e4
  3. #23a1d9
  4. #2f9dce
  5. #3a99c3
  6. #4695b8
  7. #5290ac
  8. #5d8ca1
  9. #698896
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a9f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b97ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba9f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #549eee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ca9ef {
  color: #0ca9ef;
}
Background
.bg-0ca9ef {
  background-color: #0ca9ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ca9ef {
  border: 2px solid #0ca9ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ca9ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 169 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 90% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ca9ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ca9ef, #0c38ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ca9ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 169 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.26 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.86 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.67 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.04 #f35610 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ca9ef  rgb(12, 169, 239)  hsl(199, 90%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ef520c  rgb(239, 82, 12)  hsl(19, 90%, 49%)  Tangelo
#ef0ca9  rgb(239, 12, 169)  hsl(319, 90%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a9ef0c  rgb(169, 239, 12)  hsl(79, 90%, 49%)  Spring Bud