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#12A8EA

#12a8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12a8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.31% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.33°, 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.65.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3407

Complementary

  1. #12a8ea
  2. #ea5412

Split complementary

  1. #12a8ea
  2. #ea123c
  3. #eac012

Analogous

  1. #12eac0
  2. #12a8ea
  3. #123cea

Triadic

  1. #12a8ea
  2. #ea12a8
  3. #a8ea12

Tetradic

  1. #12a8ea
  2. #5412ea
  3. #ea5412
  4. #a8ea12

Square

  1. #12a8ea
  2. #c012ea
  3. #ea5412
  4. #3cea12

Monochromatic

  1. #07425c
  2. #0d75a3
  3. #12a8ea
  4. #56c3f2
  5. #9ddcf7

Shades

#12a8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12a8ea
  2. #1097d3
  3. #0e86bb
  4. #0d76a4
  5. #0b658c
  6. #095475
  7. #07435e
  8. #053246
  9. #04222f
  10. #021117
  11. #000000

Tints

#12a8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12a8ea
  2. #2ab1ec
  3. #41b9ee
  4. #59c2f0
  5. #71cbf2
  6. #89d4f5
  7. #a0dcf7
  8. #b8e5f9
  9. #d0eefb
  10. #e7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12a8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12a8ea
  2. #1da4df
  3. #28a0d5
  4. #339cca
  5. #3e98c0
  6. #4994b5
  7. #5490aa
  8. #5f8ca0
  9. #6a8895
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12a8ea {
  color: #12a8ea;
}
Background
.bg-12a8ea {
  background-color: #12a8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12a8ea {
  border: 2px solid #12a8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12a8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12a8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12a8ea, #123cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12a8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.65 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.22 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.84 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.41 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.87 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.89 #ed5715 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#12a8ea  rgb(18, 168, 234)  hsl(198, 86%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ea5412  rgb(234, 84, 18)  hsl(18, 86%, 49%)  Flame
#ea12a8  rgb(234, 18, 168)  hsl(318, 86%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ea12  rgb(168, 234, 18)  hsl(78, 86%, 49%)  Spring Bud