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#0E90C7

#0e90c7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#0e90c7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.49% red, 56.47% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.96% cyan, 27.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 197.84°, with 86.85% saturation and 41.76% 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 5.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.81.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2416

Complementary

  1. #0e90c7
  2. #c7450e

Split complementary

  1. #0e90c7
  2. #c70e33
  3. #c7a10e

Analogous

  1. #0ec7a1
  2. #0e90c7
  3. #0e33c7

Triadic

  1. #0e90c7
  2. #c70e90
  3. #90c70e

Tetradic

  1. #0e90c7
  2. #450ec7
  3. #c7450e
  4. #90c70e

Square

  1. #0e90c7
  2. #a10ec7
  3. #c7450e
  4. #33c70e

Monochromatic

  1. #042938
  2. #095c80
  3. #0e90c7
  4. #31b8f1
  5. #78d0f6

Shades

#0e90c7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0e90c7
  2. #0d82b3
  3. #0b739f
  4. #0a658b
  5. #085677
  6. #074864
  7. #063a50
  8. #042b3c
  9. #031d28
  10. #010e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0e90c7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0e90c7
  2. #269bcd
  3. #3ea6d2
  4. #56b1d8
  5. #6ebcdd
  6. #87c8e3
  7. #9fd3e9
  8. #b7deee
  9. #cfe9f4
  10. #e7f4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0e90c7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0e90c7
  2. #198ec0
  3. #258db9
  4. #308bb2
  5. #3c8aab
  6. #4788a4
  7. #52869c
  8. #5e8595
  9. #69838e
  10. #758287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b8ba4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #758fca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e80c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c90c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a87c6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0e90c7 {
  color: #0e90c7;
}
Background
.bg-0e90c7 {
  background-color: #0e90c7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0e90c7 {
  border: 2px solid #0e90c7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0e90c7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 14 144 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 87% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0e90c7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0e90c7, #0e33c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0e90c7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(14 144 199 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.81 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.90 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.13 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.26 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.14 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.51 #f16f38 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0e90c7  rgb(14, 144, 199)  hsl(198, 87%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#c7450e  rgb(199, 69, 14)  hsl(18, 87%, 42%)  Sinopia
#c70e90  rgb(199, 14, 144)  hsl(318, 87%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#90c70e  rgb(144, 199, 14)  hsl(78, 87%, 42%)  Yellow Green