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#0FA9EC

#0fa9ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0fa9ec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 5.88% red, 66.27% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.64% cyan, 28.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 198.19°, with 88.05% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.85.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3453

Complementary

  1. #0fa9ec
  2. #ec520f

Split complementary

  1. #0fa9ec
  2. #ec0f3b
  3. #ecc10f

Analogous

  1. #0fecc1
  2. #0fa9ec
  3. #0f3bec

Triadic

  1. #0fa9ec
  2. #ec0fa9
  3. #a9ec0f

Tetradic

  1. #0fa9ec
  2. #520fec
  3. #ec520f
  4. #a9ec0f

Square

  1. #0fa9ec
  2. #c10fec
  3. #ec520f
  4. #3bec0f

Monochromatic

  1. #06425c
  2. #0a76a4
  3. #0fa9ec
  4. #53c3f4
  5. #9bdcf9

Shades

#0fa9ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0fa9ec
  2. #0e98d4
  3. #0c87bd
  4. #0b76a5
  5. #09658e
  6. #085576
  7. #06445e
  8. #053347
  9. #03222f
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#0fa9ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0fa9ec
  2. #27b2ee
  3. #3fbaf0
  4. #57c3f2
  5. #6fcbf4
  6. #87d4f6
  7. #9fddf7
  8. #b7e5f9
  9. #cfeefb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0fa9ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0fa9ec
  2. #1aa5e1
  3. #26a1d6
  4. #319dcc
  5. #3c99c1
  6. #4895b6
  7. #5390ab
  8. #5e8ca0
  9. #698896
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a9ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d97eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca9ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569eeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0fa9ec {
  color: #0fa9ec;
}
Background
.bg-0fa9ec {
  background-color: #0fa9ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0fa9ec {
  border: 2px solid #0fa9ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0fa9ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 15 169 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0fa9ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0fa9ec, #0f3bec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0fa9ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(15 169 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.52 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.03 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.17 #f05613 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0fa9ec  rgb(15, 169, 236)  hsl(198, 88%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ec520f  rgb(236, 82, 15)  hsl(18, 88%, 49%)  Flame
#ec0fa9  rgb(236, 15, 169)  hsl(318, 88%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a9ec0f  rgb(169, 236, 15)  hsl(78, 88%, 49%)  Spring Bud