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#0FA8DA

#0fa8da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa8da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 65.88% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.12% cyan, 22.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 194.78°, with 87.12% saturation and 45.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.09.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3317

Complementary

  1. #0fa8da
  2. #da410f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa8da
  2. #da0f43
  3. #daa70f

Analogous

  1. #0fdaa7
  2. #0fa8da
  3. #0f43da

Triadic

  1. #0fa8da
  2. #da0fa8
  3. #a8da0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa8da
  2. #410fda
  3. #da410f
  4. #a8da0f

Square

  1. #0fa8da
  2. #a70fda
  3. #da410f
  4. #43da0f

Monochromatic

  1. #053a4b
  2. #0a7192
  3. #0fa8da
  4. #43c7f2
  5. #8bdcf7

Shades

#0fa8da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa8da
  2. #0e97c4
  3. #0c86ae
  4. #0b7699
  5. #096583
  6. #08546d
  7. #064357
  8. #053241
  9. #03222c
  10. #021116
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa8da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa8da
  2. #27b1de
  3. #3fb9e1
  4. #57c2e5
  5. #6fcbe9
  6. #87d4ed
  7. #9fdcf0
  8. #b7e5f4
  9. #cfeef8
  10. #e7f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa8da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa8da
  2. #1aa4d1
  3. #26a0c8
  4. #319cbf
  5. #3c98b6
  6. #4894ad
  7. #5390a4
  8. #5e8c9b
  9. #698892
  10. #758489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca1b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea5dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7594d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a6db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9dda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa8da {
  color: #0fa8da;
}
Background
.bg-0fa8da {
  background-color: #0fa8da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa8da {
  border: 2px solid #0fa8da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa8da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 168 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 87% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa8da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa8da, #0f43da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa8da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 168 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.95 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.35 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.35 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.57 #f05725 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa8da  rgb(15, 168, 218)  hsl(195, 87%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#da410f  rgb(218, 65, 15)  hsl(15, 87%, 46%)  Sinopia
#da0fa8  rgb(218, 15, 168)  hsl(315, 87%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#a8da0f  rgb(168, 218, 15)  hsl(75, 87%, 46%)  Yellow Green