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#0FA2EA

#0fa2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.59% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.73°, with 87.95% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3188

Complementary

  1. #0fa2ea
  2. #ea570f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa2ea
  2. #ea0f34
  3. #eac40f

Analogous

  1. #0feac4
  2. #0fa2ea
  3. #0f34ea

Triadic

  1. #0fa2ea
  2. #ea0fa2
  3. #a2ea0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa2ea
  2. #570fea
  3. #ea570f
  4. #a2ea0f

Square

  1. #0fa2ea
  2. #c40fea
  3. #ea570f
  4. #34ea0f

Monochromatic

  1. #063e5a
  2. #0a70a2
  3. #0fa2ea
  4. #52bff4
  5. #99d9f8

Shades

#0fa2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa2ea
  2. #0e92d3
  3. #0c82bb
  4. #0b71a4
  5. #09618c
  6. #085175
  7. #06415e
  8. #053146
  9. #03202f
  10. #021017
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa2ea
  2. #27abec
  3. #3fb5ee
  4. #57bef0
  5. #6fc7f2
  6. #87d1f5
  7. #9fdaf7
  8. #b7e3f9
  9. #cfecfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa2ea
  2. #1a9fdf
  3. #269bd5
  4. #3198ca
  5. #3c94c0
  6. #4891b5
  7. #538eaa
  8. #5e8aa0
  9. #698795
  10. #75838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6391e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e98e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa2ea {
  color: #0fa2ea;
}
Background
.bg-0fa2ea {
  background-color: #0fa2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa2ea {
  border: 2px solid #0fa2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa2ea, #0f34ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.91 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.22 #f05d15 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa2ea  rgb(15, 162, 234)  hsl(200, 88%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ea570f  rgb(234, 87, 15)  hsl(20, 88%, 49%)  Persimmon
#ea0fa2  rgb(234, 15, 162)  hsl(320, 88%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a2ea0f  rgb(162, 234, 15)  hsl(80, 88%, 49%)  Spring Bud