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#0CACFA

#0cacfa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0cacfa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 67.45% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.2% cyan, 31.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 199.66°, with 95.97% saturation and 51.37% 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 8.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.6.

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Relative luminance0.3649

Complementary

  1. #0cacfa
  2. #fa5a0c

Split complementary

  1. #0cacfa
  2. #fa0c35
  3. #fad10c

Analogous

  1. #0cfad1
  2. #0cacfa
  3. #0c35fa

Triadic

  1. #0cacfa
  2. #fa0cac
  3. #acfa0c

Tetradic

  1. #0cacfa
  2. #5a0cfa
  3. #fa5a0c
  4. #acfa0c

Square

  1. #0cacfa
  2. #d10cfa
  3. #fa5a0c
  4. #35fa0c

Monochromatic

  1. #02496b
  2. #047bb6
  3. #0cacfa
  4. #57c6fc
  5. #a2dffd

Shades

#0cacfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0cacfa
  2. #0b9be1
  3. #0a8ac8
  4. #0878af
  5. #076796
  6. #06567d
  7. #054564
  8. #04344b
  9. #022232
  10. #011119
  11. #000000

Tints

#0cacfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0cacfa
  2. #24b4fb
  3. #3dbdfb
  4. #55c5fc
  5. #6dcdfc
  6. #86d6fd
  7. #9edefd
  8. #b6e6fe
  9. #ceeefe
  10. #e7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0cacfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0cacfa
  2. #18a8ee
  3. #23a3e2
  4. #2f9fd5
  5. #3a9ac9
  6. #4696bd
  7. #5292b1
  8. #5d8da5
  9. #698998
  10. #74848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a7cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86adfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #689af9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aadfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #52a2f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0cacfa {
  color: #0cacfa;
}
Background
.bg-0cacfa {
  background-color: #0cacfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0cacfa {
  border: 2px solid #0cacfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0cacfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 172 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0cacfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0cacfa, #0c35fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0cacfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 172 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.60 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.53 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.23 #f35305 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0cacfa  rgb(12, 172, 250)  hsl(200, 96%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#fa5a0c  rgb(250, 90, 12)  hsl(20, 96%, 51%)  International Orange
#fa0cac  rgb(250, 12, 172)  hsl(320, 96%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#acfa0c  rgb(172, 250, 12)  hsl(80, 96%, 51%)  Spring Bud