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#0CAADE

#0caade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0caade is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 66.67% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.59% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 194.86°, with 89.74% saturation and 45.88% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.15.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.341

Complementary

  1. #0caade
  2. #de400c

Split complementary

  1. #0caade
  2. #de0c41
  3. #dea90c

Analogous

  1. #0cdea9
  2. #0caade
  3. #0c41de

Triadic

  1. #0caade
  2. #de0caa
  3. #aade0c

Tetradic

  1. #0caade
  2. #400cde
  3. #de400c
  4. #aade0c

Square

  1. #0caade
  2. #a90cde
  3. #de400c
  4. #41de0c

Monochromatic

  1. #043b4d
  2. #087295
  3. #0caade
  4. #42c8f5
  5. #8addf9

Shades

#0caade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0caade
  2. #0b99c8
  3. #0a88b2
  4. #08779b
  5. #076685
  6. #06556f
  7. #054459
  8. #043343
  9. #02222c
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#0caade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0caade
  2. #24b3e1
  3. #3dbbe5
  4. #55c4e8
  5. #6dcceb
  6. #86d5ef
  7. #9eddf2
  8. #b6e6f5
  9. #ceeef8
  10. #e7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0caade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0caade
  2. #18a6d5
  3. #23a2cb
  4. #2f9dc2
  5. #3a99b8
  6. #4695af
  7. #5291a6
  8. #5d8d9c
  9. #698893
  10. #748489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa7e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7696dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a9df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9fde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0caade {
  color: #0caade;
}
Background
.bg-0caade {
  background-color: #0caade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0caade {
  border: 2px solid #0caade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0caade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 90% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0caade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0caade, #0c41de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0caade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.28 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.76 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.00 #f35521 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0caade  rgb(12, 170, 222)  hsl(195, 90%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#de400c  rgb(222, 64, 12)  hsl(15, 90%, 46%)  Sinopia
#de0caa  rgb(222, 12, 170)  hsl(315, 90%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#aade0c  rgb(170, 222, 12)  hsl(75, 90%, 46%)  Yellow Green