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#0FA6DC

#0fa6dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa6dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 65.1% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.18% cyan, 24.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 195.8°, with 87.23% saturation and 46.08% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.27.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3254

Complementary

  1. #0fa6dc
  2. #dc450f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa6dc
  2. #dc0f40
  3. #dcab0f

Analogous

  1. #0fdcab
  2. #0fa6dc
  3. #0f40dc

Triadic

  1. #0fa6dc
  2. #dc0fa6
  3. #a6dc0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa6dc
  2. #450fdc
  3. #dc450f
  4. #a6dc0f

Square

  1. #0fa6dc
  2. #ab0fdc
  3. #dc450f
  4. #40dc0f

Monochromatic

  1. #053a4d
  2. #0a7094
  3. #0fa6dc
  4. #45c5f2
  5. #8ddbf7

Shades

#0fa6dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa6dc
  2. #0e95c6
  3. #0c85b0
  4. #0b749a
  5. #096484
  6. #08536e
  7. #064258
  8. #053242
  9. #03212c
  10. #021116
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa6dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa6dc
  2. #27afe0
  3. #3fb8e3
  4. #57c1e7
  5. #6fcaea
  6. #87d3ee
  7. #9fdbf1
  8. #b7e4f5
  9. #cfedf8
  10. #e7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa6dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa6dc
  2. #1aa2d3
  3. #269eca
  4. #319bc0
  5. #3c97b7
  6. #4893ae
  7. #538fa5
  8. #5e8b9c
  9. #698892
  10. #758489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa4df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7293db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea5de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9bdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa6dc {
  color: #0fa6dc;
}
Background
.bg-0fa6dc {
  background-color: #0fa6dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa6dc {
  border: 2px solid #0fa6dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa6dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 166 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 87% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa6dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa6dc, #0f40dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa6dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 166 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.91 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.26 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.18 #f05923 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa6dc  rgb(15, 166, 220)  hsl(196, 87%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#dc450f  rgb(220, 69, 15)  hsl(16, 87%, 46%)  Sinopia
#dc0fa6  rgb(220, 15, 166)  hsl(316, 87%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6dc0f  rgb(166, 220, 15)  hsl(76, 87%, 46%)  Yellow Green