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#0EA4E1

#0ea4e1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ea4e1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.49% red, 64.31% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.78% cyan, 27.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 197.35°, with 88.28% saturation and 46.86% 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 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.39.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3208

Complementary

  1. #0ea4e1
  2. #e14b0e

Split complementary

  1. #0ea4e1
  2. #e10e3a
  3. #e1b50e

Analogous

  1. #0ee1b5
  2. #0ea4e1
  3. #0e3ae1

Triadic

  1. #0ea4e1
  2. #e10ea4
  3. #a4e10e

Tetradic

  1. #0ea4e1
  2. #4b0ee1
  3. #e14b0e
  4. #a4e10e

Square

  1. #0ea4e1
  2. #b50ee1
  3. #e14b0e
  4. #3ae10e

Monochromatic

  1. #053b51
  2. #0a6f99
  3. #0ea4e1
  4. #48c2f4
  5. #90daf8

Shades

#0ea4e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ea4e1
  2. #0d94cb
  3. #0b83b4
  4. #0a739e
  5. #086287
  6. #075271
  7. #06425a
  8. #043144
  9. #03212d
  10. #011017
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ea4e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ea4e1
  2. #26ade4
  3. #3eb6e7
  4. #56bfea
  5. #6ec8ed
  6. #87d2f0
  7. #9fdbf3
  8. #b7e4f6
  9. #cfedf9
  10. #e7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ea4e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ea4e1
  2. #19a0d7
  3. #259dce
  4. #3099c4
  5. #3c96ba
  6. #4792b1
  7. #528ea7
  8. #5e8b9d
  9. #698793
  10. #75848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9eba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a3e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c92e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa4e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5599e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aeca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ea4e1 {
  color: #0ea4e1;
}
Background
.bg-0ea4e1 {
  background-color: #0ea4e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ea4e1 {
  border: 2px solid #0ea4e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ea4e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 14 164 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 88% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ea4e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ea4e1, #0e3ae1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ea4e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(14 164 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.43 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.62 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.05 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.81 #f15b1e Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ea4e1  rgb(14, 164, 225)  hsl(197, 88%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#e14b0e  rgb(225, 75, 14)  hsl(17, 88%, 47%)  Flame
#e10ea4  rgb(225, 14, 164)  hsl(317, 88%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e10e  rgb(164, 225, 14)  hsl(77, 88%, 47%)  Inchworm