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#12A5EA

#12a5ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12a5ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 64.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.31% cyan, 29.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.17°, with 85.71% saturation and 49.41% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.19.

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Relative luminance0.3298

Complementary

  1. #12a5ea
  2. #ea5712

Split complementary

  1. #12a5ea
  2. #ea1239
  3. #eac312

Analogous

  1. #12eac3
  2. #12a5ea
  3. #1239ea

Triadic

  1. #12a5ea
  2. #ea12a5
  3. #a5ea12

Tetradic

  1. #12a5ea
  2. #5712ea
  3. #ea5712
  4. #a5ea12

Square

  1. #12a5ea
  2. #c312ea
  3. #ea5712
  4. #39ea12

Monochromatic

  1. #07415c
  2. #0d73a3
  3. #12a5ea
  4. #56c0f2
  5. #9ddbf7

Shades

#12a5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12a5ea
  2. #1095d3
  3. #0e84bb
  4. #0d74a4
  5. #0b638c
  6. #095375
  7. #07425e
  8. #053246
  9. #04212f
  10. #021117
  11. #000000

Tints

#12a5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12a5ea
  2. #2aaeec
  3. #41b7ee
  4. #59c0f0
  5. #71c9f2
  6. #89d2f5
  7. #a0dbf7
  8. #b8e4f9
  9. #d0edfb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12a5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12a5ea
  2. #1da1df
  3. #289ed5
  4. #339aca
  5. #3e96c0
  6. #4993b5
  7. #548faa
  8. #5f8ba0
  9. #6a8795
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9fc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6893e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a5ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12a5ea {
  color: #12a5ea;
}
Background
.bg-12a5ea {
  background-color: #12a5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12a5ea {
  border: 2px solid #12a5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12a5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 165 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12a5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12a5ea, #1239ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12a5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 165 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.06 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.70 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.39 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.75 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.85 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.98 #ed5a15 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#12a5ea  rgb(18, 165, 234)  hsl(199, 86%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ea5712  rgb(234, 87, 18)  hsl(19, 86%, 49%)  Persimmon
#ea12a5  rgb(234, 18, 165)  hsl(319, 86%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a5ea12  rgb(165, 234, 18)  hsl(79, 86%, 49%)  Spring Bud