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#0FA0DD

#0fa0dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa0dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 62.75% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.21% cyan, 27.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 197.77°, with 87.29% saturation and 46.27% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.12.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3046

Complementary

  1. #0fa0dd
  2. #dd4c0f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa0dd
  2. #dd0f39
  3. #ddb30f

Analogous

  1. #0fddb3
  2. #0fa0dd
  3. #0f39dd

Triadic

  1. #0fa0dd
  2. #dd0fa0
  3. #a0dd0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa0dd
  2. #4c0fdd
  3. #dd4c0f
  4. #a0dd0f

Square

  1. #0fa0dd
  2. #b30fdd
  3. #dd4c0f
  4. #39dd0f

Monochromatic

  1. #05384e
  2. #0a6c95
  3. #0fa0dd
  4. #46bff2
  5. #8ed8f7

Shades

#0fa0dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa0dd
  2. #0e90c7
  3. #0c80b1
  4. #0b709b
  5. #096085
  6. #08506f
  7. #064058
  8. #053042
  9. #03202c
  10. #021016
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa0dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa0dd
  2. #27aae0
  3. #3fb3e4
  4. #57bde7
  5. #6fc6eb
  6. #87d0ee
  7. #9fd9f1
  8. #b7e3f5
  9. #cfecf8
  10. #e7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa0dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa0dd
  2. #1a9dd4
  3. #269aca
  4. #3196c1
  5. #3c93b8
  6. #4890af
  7. #538da5
  8. #5e8a9c
  9. #698693
  10. #758389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779ab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829fe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688edc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a0df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5396dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aac6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa0dd {
  color: #0fa0dd;
}
Background
.bg-0fa0dd {
  background-color: #0fa0dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa0dd {
  border: 2px solid #0fa0dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa0dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 160 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 87% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa0dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa0dd, #0f39dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa0dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 160 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.54 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.08 #f05f22 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa0dd  rgb(15, 160, 221)  hsl(198, 87%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#dd4c0f  rgb(221, 76, 15)  hsl(18, 87%, 46%)  Flame
#dd0fa0  rgb(221, 15, 160)  hsl(318, 87%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#a0dd0f  rgb(160, 221, 15)  hsl(78, 87%, 46%)  Yellow Green