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#10AAEF

#10aaef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#10aaef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.27% red, 66.67% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.31% cyan, 28.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 198.57°, with 87.45% saturation and 50% 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 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.01.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3509

Complementary

  1. #10aaef
  2. #ef5510

Split complementary

  1. #10aaef
  2. #ef103a
  3. #efc510

Analogous

  1. #10efc5
  2. #10aaef
  3. #103aef

Triadic

  1. #10aaef
  2. #ef10aa
  3. #aaef10

Tetradic

  1. #10aaef
  2. #5510ef
  3. #ef5510
  4. #aaef10

Square

  1. #10aaef
  2. #c510ef
  3. #ef5510
  4. #3aef10

Monochromatic

  1. #064460
  2. #0b77a7
  3. #10aaef
  4. #58c3f4
  5. #9fddf9

Shades

#10aaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #10aaef
  2. #0e99d7
  3. #0d88bf
  4. #0b77a7
  5. #0a668f
  6. #085578
  7. #064460
  8. #053348
  9. #032230
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#10aaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #10aaef
  2. #28b3f1
  3. #40bbf2
  4. #58c4f4
  5. #70ccf5
  6. #88d5f7
  7. #9fddf9
  8. #b7e6fa
  9. #cfeefc
  10. #e7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#10aaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #10aaef
  2. #1ba6e4
  3. #26a2d9
  4. #329dce
  5. #3d99c3
  6. #4895b8
  7. #5391ac
  8. #5e8da1
  9. #6a8896
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aaf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c98ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6caaf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569fee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-10aaef {
  color: #10aaef;
}
Background
.bg-10aaef {
  background-color: #10aaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-10aaef {
  border: 2px solid #10aaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #10aaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 16 170 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-10aaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #10aaef, #103aef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-10aaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(16 170 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.01 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.28 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.73 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.36 #ef5510 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#10aaef  rgb(16, 170, 239)  hsl(199, 87%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ef5510  rgb(239, 85, 16)  hsl(19, 87%, 50%)  Tangelo
#ef10aa  rgb(239, 16, 170)  hsl(319, 87%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#aaef10  rgb(170, 239, 16)  hsl(79, 87%, 50%)  Spring Bud