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#0FA5FF

#0fa5ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa5ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 64.71% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.12% cyan, 35.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 202.5°, 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 7.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3423

Complementary

  1. #0fa5ff
  2. #ff690f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa5ff
  2. #ff0f2d
  3. #ffe10f

Analogous

  1. #0fffe1
  2. #0fa5ff
  3. #0f2dff

Triadic

  1. #0fa5ff
  2. #ff0fa5
  3. #a5ff0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa5ff
  2. #690fff
  3. #ff690f
  4. #a5ff0f

Square

  1. #0fa5ff
  2. #e10fff
  3. #ff690f
  4. #2dff0f

Monochromatic

  1. #004975
  2. #0079c1
  3. #0fa5ff
  4. #5bc2ff
  5. #a8deff

Shades

#0fa5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa5ff
  2. #0e95e6
  3. #0c84cc
  4. #0b74b3
  5. #096399
  6. #085380
  7. #064266
  8. #05324d
  9. #032133
  10. #02111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa5ff
  2. #27aeff
  3. #3fb7ff
  4. #57c0ff
  5. #6fc9ff
  6. #87d2ff
  7. #9fdbff
  8. #b7e4ff
  9. #cfedff
  10. #e7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa5ff
  2. #1aa1f2
  3. #269ee6
  4. #319ad9
  5. #3c96cc
  6. #4893c0
  7. #538fb3
  8. #5e8ba6
  9. #698799
  10. #75848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea1cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5895fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #469cfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa5ff {
  color: #0fa5ff;
}
Background
.bg-0fa5ff {
  background-color: #0fa5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa5ff {
  border: 2px solid #0fa5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 165 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 100% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa5ff, #0f2dff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 165 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.96 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.07 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.38 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.73 #f05a00 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa5ff  rgb(15, 165, 255)  hsl(203, 100%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ff690f  rgb(255, 105, 15)  hsl(23, 100%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#ff0fa5  rgb(255, 15, 165)  hsl(323, 100%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#a5ff0f  rgb(165, 255, 15)  hsl(83, 100%, 53%)  Spring Bud