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#0EAADB

#0eaadb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0eaadb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.49% red, 66.67% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.61% cyan, 22.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 194.34°, with 87.98% saturation and 45.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.55.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3396

Complementary

  1. #0eaadb
  2. #db3f0e

Split complementary

  1. #0eaadb
  2. #db0e44
  3. #dba60e

Analogous

  1. #0edba6
  2. #0eaadb
  3. #0e44db

Triadic

  1. #0eaadb
  2. #db0eaa
  3. #aadb0e

Tetradic

  1. #0eaadb
  2. #3f0edb
  3. #db3f0e
  4. #aadb0e

Square

  1. #0eaadb
  2. #a60edb
  3. #db3f0e
  4. #44db0e

Monochromatic

  1. #053a4b
  2. #097293
  3. #0eaadb
  4. #43c9f3
  5. #8addf8

Shades

#0eaadb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0eaadb
  2. #0d99c5
  3. #0b88af
  4. #0a7799
  5. #086683
  6. #07556e
  7. #064458
  8. #043342
  9. #03222c
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#0eaadb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0eaadb
  2. #26b3df
  3. #3ebbe2
  4. #56c4e6
  5. #6ecce9
  6. #87d5ed
  7. #9fddf1
  8. #b7e6f4
  9. #cfeef8
  10. #e7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0eaadb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0eaadb
  2. #19a6d2
  3. #25a2c9
  4. #309dc0
  5. #3c99b7
  6. #4795ae
  7. #5291a4
  8. #5e8d9b
  9. #698892
  10. #758489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a7dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7796da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a8dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9edb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0eaadb {
  color: #0eaadb;
}
Background
.bg-0eaadb {
  background-color: #0eaadb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0eaadb {
  border: 2px solid #0eaadb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0eaadb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 14 170 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0eaadb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0eaadb, #0e44db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0eaadb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(14 170 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.64 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.15 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 12.05 #f15524 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0eaadb  rgb(14, 170, 219)  hsl(194, 88%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#db3f0e  rgb(219, 63, 14)  hsl(14, 88%, 46%)  Sinopia
#db0eaa  rgb(219, 14, 170)  hsl(314, 88%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#aadb0e  rgb(170, 219, 14)  hsl(74, 88%, 46%)  Yellow Green