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#0FA8EA

#0fa8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.59% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.08°, with 87.95% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.7.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3405

Complementary

  1. #0fa8ea
  2. #ea510f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa8ea
  2. #ea0f3b
  3. #eabe0f

Analogous

  1. #0feabe
  2. #0fa8ea
  3. #0f3bea

Triadic

  1. #0fa8ea
  2. #ea0fa8
  3. #a8ea0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa8ea
  2. #510fea
  3. #ea510f
  4. #a8ea0f

Square

  1. #0fa8ea
  2. #be0fea
  3. #ea510f
  4. #3bea0f

Monochromatic

  1. #06415a
  2. #0a74a2
  3. #0fa8ea
  4. #52c3f4
  5. #99dcf8

Shades

#0fa8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa8ea
  2. #0e97d3
  3. #0c86bb
  4. #0b76a4
  5. #09658c
  6. #085475
  7. #06435e
  8. #053246
  9. #03222f
  10. #021117
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa8ea
  2. #27b1ec
  3. #3fb9ee
  4. #57c2f0
  5. #6fcbf2
  6. #87d4f5
  7. #9fdcf7
  8. #b7e5f9
  9. #cfeefb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa8ea
  2. #1aa4df
  3. #26a0d5
  4. #319cca
  5. #3c98c0
  6. #4894b5
  7. #5390aa
  8. #5e8ca0
  9. #698895
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa8ea {
  color: #0fa8ea;
}
Background
.bg-0fa8ea {
  background-color: #0fa8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa8ea {
  border: 2px solid #0fa8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa8ea, #0f3bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.87 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.42 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.84 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.95 #f05715 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa8ea  rgb(15, 168, 234)  hsl(198, 88%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ea510f  rgb(234, 81, 15)  hsl(18, 88%, 49%)  Flame
#ea0fa8  rgb(234, 15, 168)  hsl(318, 88%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ea0f  rgb(168, 234, 15)  hsl(78, 88%, 49%)  Spring Bud