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#0CAEFF

#0caeff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0caeff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 68.24% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.29% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 100% saturation and 52.35% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.11.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3757

Complementary

  1. #0caeff
  2. #ff5d0c

Split complementary

  1. #0caeff
  2. #ff0c34
  3. #ffd60c

Analogous

  1. #0cffd6
  2. #0caeff
  3. #0c34ff

Triadic

  1. #0caeff
  2. #ff0cae
  3. #aeff0c

Tetradic

  1. #0caeff
  2. #5d0cff
  3. #ff5d0c
  4. #aeff0c

Square

  1. #0caeff
  2. #d60cff
  3. #ff5d0c
  4. #34ff0c

Monochromatic

  1. #004c72
  2. #007fbe
  3. #0caeff
  4. #58c7ff
  5. #a5e1ff

Shades

#0caeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0caeff
  2. #0b9de6
  3. #0a8bcc
  4. #087ab3
  5. #076899
  6. #065780
  7. #054666
  8. #04344d
  9. #022333
  10. #01111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#0caeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0caeff
  2. #24b6ff
  3. #3dbeff
  4. #55c6ff
  5. #6dceff
  6. #86d7ff
  7. #9edfff
  8. #b6e7ff
  9. #ceefff
  10. #e7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0caeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0caeff
  2. #18a9f2
  3. #23a5e6
  4. #2fa0d9
  5. #3a9ccc
  6. #4697c0
  7. #5292b3
  8. #5d8ea6
  9. #698999
  10. #74858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a9cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #689cfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6bafff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #52a4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0caeff {
  color: #0caeff;
}
Background
.bg-0caeff {
  background-color: #0caeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0caeff {
  border: 2px solid #0caeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0caeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 174 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0caeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0caeff, #0c34ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0caeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 174 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.79 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.87 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.05 #f35100 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0caeff  rgb(12, 174, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5d0c  rgb(255, 93, 12)  hsl(20, 100%, 52%)  International Orange
#ff0cae  rgb(255, 12, 174)  hsl(320, 100%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#aeff0c  rgb(174, 255, 12)  hsl(80, 100%, 52%)  Spring Bud