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#0EA3E2

#0ea3e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ea3e2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.49% red, 63.92% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.81% cyan, 27.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 197.83°, with 88.33% saturation and 47.06% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.18.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3178

Complementary

  1. #0ea3e2
  2. #e24d0e

Split complementary

  1. #0ea3e2
  2. #e20e39
  3. #e2b70e

Analogous

  1. #0ee2b7
  2. #0ea3e2
  3. #0e39e2

Triadic

  1. #0ea3e2
  2. #e20ea3
  3. #a3e20e

Tetradic

  1. #0ea3e2
  2. #4d0ee2
  3. #e24d0e
  4. #a3e20e

Square

  1. #0ea3e2
  2. #b70ee2
  3. #e24d0e
  4. #39e20e

Monochromatic

  1. #053b52
  2. #0a6f9a
  3. #0ea3e2
  4. #49c1f4
  5. #91d9f8

Shades

#0ea3e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ea3e2
  2. #0d93cb
  3. #0b82b5
  4. #0a729e
  5. #086288
  6. #075271
  7. #06415a
  8. #043144
  9. #03212d
  10. #011017
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ea3e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ea3e2
  2. #26ace5
  3. #3eb5e8
  4. #56bfeb
  5. #6ec8ee
  6. #87d1f1
  7. #9fdaf3
  8. #b7e3f6
  9. #cfedf9
  10. #e7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ea3e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ea3e2
  2. #19a0d8
  3. #259cce
  4. #3099c5
  5. #3c95bb
  6. #4792b1
  7. #528ea7
  8. #5e8b9d
  9. #698794
  10. #75848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799dbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a3e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a91e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a3e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5499e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ea3e2 {
  color: #0ea3e2;
}
Background
.bg-0ea3e2 {
  background-color: #0ea3e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ea3e2 {
  border: 2px solid #0ea3e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ea3e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 14 163 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 88% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ea3e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ea3e2, #0e39e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ea3e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(14 163 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.34 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.59 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.21 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.27 #f15c1d Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ea3e2  rgb(14, 163, 226)  hsl(198, 88%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#e24d0e  rgb(226, 77, 14)  hsl(18, 88%, 47%)  Flame
#e20ea3  rgb(226, 14, 163)  hsl(318, 88%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#a3e20e  rgb(163, 226, 14)  hsl(78, 88%, 47%)  Inchworm