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#0E95CA

#0e95ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#0e95ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.49% red, 58.43% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.07% cyan, 26.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 196.91°, with 87.04% saturation and 42.35% 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 6.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.93.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2585

Complementary

  1. #0e95ca
  2. #ca430e

Split complementary

  1. #0e95ca
  2. #ca0e37
  3. #caa10e

Analogous

  1. #0ecaa1
  2. #0e95ca
  3. #0e37ca

Triadic

  1. #0e95ca
  2. #ca0e95
  3. #95ca0e

Tetradic

  1. #0e95ca
  2. #430eca
  3. #ca430e
  4. #95ca0e

Square

  1. #0e95ca
  2. #a10eca
  3. #ca430e
  4. #37ca0e

Monochromatic

  1. #042b3b
  2. #096082
  3. #0e95ca
  4. #34bcf1
  5. #7bd3f6

Shades

#0e95ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0e95ca
  2. #0d86b6
  3. #0b77a2
  4. #0a688d
  5. #085979
  6. #074b65
  7. #063c51
  8. #042d3d
  9. #031e28
  10. #010f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0e95ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0e95ca
  2. #26a0cf
  3. #3eaad5
  4. #56b5da
  5. #6ebfdf
  6. #87cae5
  7. #9fd5ea
  8. #b7dfef
  9. #cfeaf4
  10. #e7f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0e95ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0e95ca
  2. #1993c3
  3. #2591bb
  4. #308fb4
  5. #3c8dac
  6. #478ba5
  7. #52889e
  8. #5e8696
  9. #69848f
  10. #758287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e8fa8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a94cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6384c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6194cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e8bc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0e95ca {
  color: #0e95ca;
}
Background
.bg-0e95ca {
  background-color: #0e95ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0e95ca {
  border: 2px solid #0e95ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0e95ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 14 149 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 87% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0e95ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0e95ca, #0e37ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0e95ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(14 149 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.93 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.36 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.66 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.40 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.62 #f16a35 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0e95ca  rgb(14, 149, 202)  hsl(197, 87%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#ca430e  rgb(202, 67, 14)  hsl(17, 87%, 42%)  Sinopia
#ca0e95  rgb(202, 14, 149)  hsl(317, 87%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#95ca0e  rgb(149, 202, 14)  hsl(77, 87%, 42%)  Yellow Green