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#0FA9DC

#0fa9dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa9dc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 66.27% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.18% cyan, 23.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 194.93°, with 87.23% saturation and 46.08% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.08.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3364

Complementary

  1. #0fa9dc
  2. #dc420f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa9dc
  2. #dc0f42
  3. #dca90f

Analogous

  1. #0fdca9
  2. #0fa9dc
  3. #0f42dc

Triadic

  1. #0fa9dc
  2. #dc0fa9
  3. #a9dc0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa9dc
  2. #420fdc
  3. #dc420f
  4. #a9dc0f

Square

  1. #0fa9dc
  2. #a90fdc
  3. #dc420f
  4. #42dc0f

Monochromatic

  1. #053b4d
  2. #0a7294
  3. #0fa9dc
  4. #45c7f2
  5. #8dddf7

Shades

#0fa9dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa9dc
  2. #0e98c6
  3. #0c87b0
  4. #0b769a
  5. #096584
  6. #08556e
  7. #064458
  8. #053342
  9. #03222c
  10. #021116
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa9dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa9dc
  2. #27b2e0
  3. #3fbae3
  4. #57c3e7
  5. #6fcbea
  6. #87d4ee
  7. #9fddf1
  8. #b7e5f5
  9. #cfeef8
  10. #e7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa9dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa9dc
  2. #1aa5d3
  3. #26a1ca
  4. #319dc0
  5. #3c99b7
  6. #4895ae
  7. #5390a5
  8. #5e8c9c
  9. #698892
  10. #758489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da2ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea6de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7695db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a7dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9edc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa9dc {
  color: #0fa9dc;
}
Background
.bg-0fa9dc {
  background-color: #0fa9dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa9dc {
  border: 2px solid #0fa9dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa9dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 169 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 87% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa9dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa9dc, #0f42dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa9dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 169 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.08 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.80 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.03 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.82 #f05623 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa9dc  rgb(15, 169, 220)  hsl(195, 87%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#dc420f  rgb(220, 66, 15)  hsl(15, 87%, 46%)  Sinopia
#dc0fa9  rgb(220, 15, 169)  hsl(315, 87%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#a9dc0f  rgb(169, 220, 15)  hsl(75, 87%, 46%)  Yellow Green