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#10ABEF

#10abef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#10abef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.27% red, 67.06% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.31% cyan, 28.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 198.3°, 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.2.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3547

Complementary

  1. #10abef
  2. #ef5410

Split complementary

  1. #10abef
  2. #ef103b
  3. #efc410

Analogous

  1. #10efc4
  2. #10abef
  3. #103bef

Triadic

  1. #10abef
  2. #ef10ab
  3. #abef10

Tetradic

  1. #10abef
  2. #5410ef
  3. #ef5410
  4. #abef10

Square

  1. #10abef
  2. #c410ef
  3. #ef5410
  4. #3bef10

Monochromatic

  1. #064460
  2. #0b78a7
  3. #10abef
  4. #58c4f4
  5. #9fddf9

Shades

#10abef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #10abef
  2. #0e9ad7
  3. #0d89bf
  4. #0b78a7
  5. #0a678f
  6. #085678
  7. #064460
  8. #053348
  9. #032230
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#10abef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #10abef
  2. #28b3f1
  3. #40bcf2
  4. #58c4f4
  5. #70cdf5
  6. #88d5f7
  7. #9fddf9
  8. #b7e6fa
  9. #cfeefc
  10. #e7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#10abef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #10abef
  2. #1ba7e4
  3. #26a2d9
  4. #329ece
  5. #3d9ac3
  6. #4896b8
  7. #5391ac
  8. #5e8da1
  9. #6a8996
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e98ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6dabf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #57a0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-10abef {
  color: #10abef;
}
Background
.bg-10abef {
  background-color: #10abef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-10abef {
  border: 2px solid #10abef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #10abef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 16 171 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-10abef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #10abef, #103bef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-10abef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(16 171 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.20 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.36 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.38 #ef5410 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#10abef  rgb(16, 171, 239)  hsl(198, 87%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ef5410  rgb(239, 84, 16)  hsl(18, 87%, 50%)  Tangelo
#ef10ab  rgb(239, 16, 171)  hsl(318, 87%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#abef10  rgb(171, 239, 16)  hsl(78, 87%, 50%)  Spring Bud