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#0FA3FF

#0fa3ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa3ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 63.92% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.12% cyan, 36.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 203°, with 100% saturation and 52.94% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.09.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3352

Complementary

  1. #0fa3ff
  2. #ff6b0f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa3ff
  2. #ff0f2b
  3. #ffe30f

Analogous

  1. #0fffe3
  2. #0fa3ff
  3. #0f2bff

Triadic

  1. #0fa3ff
  2. #ff0fa3
  3. #a3ff0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa3ff
  2. #6b0fff
  3. #ff6b0f
  4. #a3ff0f

Square

  1. #0fa3ff
  2. #e30fff
  3. #ff6b0f
  4. #2bff0f

Monochromatic

  1. #004875
  2. #0077c1
  3. #0fa3ff
  4. #5bc0ff
  5. #a8deff

Shades

#0fa3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa3ff
  2. #0e93e6
  3. #0c82cc
  4. #0b72b3
  5. #096299
  6. #085280
  7. #064166
  8. #05314d
  9. #032133
  10. #02101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa3ff
  2. #27acff
  3. #3fb5ff
  4. #57bfff
  5. #6fc8ff
  6. #87d1ff
  7. #9fdaff
  8. #b7e3ff
  9. #cfedff
  10. #e7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa3ff
  2. #1aa0f2
  3. #269ce6
  4. #3199d9
  5. #3c95cc
  6. #4892c0
  7. #538eb3
  8. #5e8ba6
  9. #698799
  10. #75848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9fcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5494fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ea6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #439afe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa3ff {
  color: #0fa3ff;
}
Background
.bg-0fa3ff {
  background-color: #0fa3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa3ff {
  border: 2px solid #0fa3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 163 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 100% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa3ff, #0f2bff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 163 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.94 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.95 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.80 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.56 #f05c00 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa3ff  rgb(15, 163, 255)  hsl(203, 100%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ff6b0f  rgb(255, 107, 15)  hsl(23, 100%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#ff0fa3  rgb(255, 15, 163)  hsl(323, 100%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#a3ff0f  rgb(163, 255, 15)  hsl(83, 100%, 53%)  Spring Bud