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#0EAAE0

#0eaae0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0eaae0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.49% red, 66.67% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.75% cyan, 24.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 195.43°, with 88.24% saturation and 46.67% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.86.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3422

Complementary

  1. #0eaae0
  2. #e0440e

Split complementary

  1. #0eaae0
  2. #e00e41
  3. #e0ad0e

Analogous

  1. #0ee0ad
  2. #0eaae0
  3. #0e41e0

Triadic

  1. #0eaae0
  2. #e00eaa
  3. #aae00e

Tetradic

  1. #0eaae0
  2. #440ee0
  3. #e0440e
  4. #aae00e

Square

  1. #0eaae0
  2. #ad0ee0
  3. #e0440e
  4. #41e00e

Monochromatic

  1. #053d50
  2. #097398
  3. #0eaae0
  4. #47c7f4
  5. #8fddf8

Shades

#0eaae0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0eaae0
  2. #0d99ca
  3. #0b88b3
  4. #0a779d
  5. #086686
  6. #075570
  7. #06445a
  8. #043343
  9. #03222d
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#0eaae0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0eaae0
  2. #26b3e3
  3. #3ebbe6
  4. #56c4e9
  5. #6eccec
  6. #87d5f0
  7. #9fddf3
  8. #b7e6f6
  9. #cfeef9
  10. #e7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0eaae0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0eaae0
  2. #19a6d6
  3. #25a2cd
  4. #309dc3
  5. #3c99ba
  6. #4795b0
  7. #5291a6
  8. #5e8d9d
  9. #698893
  10. #75848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea8e3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7596df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a9e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9fe0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0eaae0 {
  color: #0eaae0;
}
Background
.bg-0eaae0 {
  background-color: #0eaae0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0eaae0 {
  border: 2px solid #0eaae0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0eaae0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 14 170 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 88% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0eaae0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0eaae0, #0e41e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0eaae0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(14 170 224 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.07 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.07 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.88 #f1551f Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0eaae0  rgb(14, 170, 224)  hsl(195, 88%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#e0440e  rgb(224, 68, 14)  hsl(15, 88%, 47%)  Flame
#e00eaa  rgb(224, 14, 170)  hsl(315, 88%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#aae00e  rgb(170, 224, 14)  hsl(75, 88%, 47%)  Yellow Green