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#0EA4EF

#0ea4ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0ea4ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.14% cyan, 31.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 88.93% saturation and 49.61% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3288

Complementary

  1. #0ea4ef
  2. #ef590e

Split complementary

  1. #0ea4ef
  2. #ef0e34
  3. #efca0e

Analogous

  1. #0eefca
  2. #0ea4ef
  3. #0e34ef

Triadic

  1. #0ea4ef
  2. #ef0ea4
  3. #a4ef0e

Tetradic

  1. #0ea4ef
  2. #590eef
  3. #ef590e
  4. #a4ef0e

Square

  1. #0ea4ef
  2. #ca0eef
  3. #ef590e
  4. #34ef0e

Monochromatic

  1. #06415e
  2. #0a72a7
  3. #0ea4ef
  4. #55c0f5
  5. #9ddaf9

Shades

#0ea4ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0ea4ef
  2. #0d94d7
  3. #0b83bf
  4. #0a73a7
  5. #08628f
  6. #075278
  7. #064260
  8. #043148
  9. #032130
  10. #011018
  11. #000000

Tints

#0ea4ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0ea4ef
  2. #26adf1
  3. #3eb6f2
  4. #56bff4
  5. #6ec8f5
  6. #87d2f7
  7. #9fdbf9
  8. #b7e4fa
  9. #cfedfc
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0ea4ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0ea4ef
  2. #19a0e4
  3. #259dd9
  4. #3099ce
  5. #3c96c3
  6. #4792b8
  7. #528eac
  8. #5e8ba1
  9. #698796
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6393ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a5f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e9aee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0ea4ef {
  color: #0ea4ef;
}
Background
.bg-0ea4ef {
  background-color: #0ea4ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0ea4ef {
  border: 2px solid #0ea4ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0ea4ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 14 164 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 89% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0ea4ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0ea4ef, #0e34ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0ea4ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(14 164 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.46 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.20 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.34 #f15b10 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0ea4ef  rgb(14, 164, 239)  hsl(200, 89%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ef590e  rgb(239, 89, 14)  hsl(20, 89%, 50%)  Persimmon
#ef0ea4  rgb(239, 14, 164)  hsl(320, 89%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a4ef0e  rgb(164, 239, 14)  hsl(80, 89%, 50%)  Spring Bud