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#0FA2ED

#0fa2ed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa2ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.67% cyan, 31.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 200.27°, with 88.1% saturation and 49.41% 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 7.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.07.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3206

Complementary

  1. #0fa2ed
  2. #ed5a0f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa2ed
  2. #ed0f33
  3. #edc90f

Analogous

  1. #0fedc9
  2. #0fa2ed
  3. #0f33ed

Triadic

  1. #0fa2ed
  2. #ed0fa2
  3. #a2ed0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa2ed
  2. #5a0fed
  3. #ed5a0f
  4. #a2ed0f

Square

  1. #0fa2ed
  2. #c90fed
  3. #ed5a0f
  4. #33ed0f

Monochromatic

  1. #06405d
  2. #0a71a5
  3. #0fa2ed
  4. #54bef4
  5. #9cd9f9

Shades

#0fa2ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa2ed
  2. #0e92d5
  3. #0c82be
  4. #0b71a6
  5. #09618e
  6. #085177
  7. #06415f
  8. #053147
  9. #03202f
  10. #021018
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa2ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa2ed
  2. #27abef
  3. #3fb5f1
  4. #57bef2
  5. #6fc7f4
  6. #87d1f6
  7. #9fdaf8
  8. #b7e3fa
  9. #cfecfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa2ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa2ed
  2. #1a9fe2
  3. #269bd7
  4. #3198cc
  5. #3c94c1
  6. #4891b7
  7. #538eac
  8. #5e8aa1
  9. #698796
  10. #75838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9dc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea3f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6191ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a3ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d98ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa2ed {
  color: #0fa2ed;
}
Background
.bg-0fa2ed {
  background-color: #0fa2ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa2ed {
  border: 2px solid #0fa2ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa2ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 162 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa2ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa2ed, #0f33ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa2ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 162 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.30 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.63 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.99 #f05d12 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa2ed  rgb(15, 162, 237)  hsl(200, 88%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ed5a0f  rgb(237, 90, 15)  hsl(20, 88%, 49%)  Persimmon
#ed0fa2  rgb(237, 15, 162)  hsl(320, 88%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a2ed0f  rgb(162, 237, 15)  hsl(80, 88%, 49%)  Spring Bud