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#05ABF0

#05abf0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abf0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 67.06% green and 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.92% cyan, 28.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 197.62°, with 95.92% saturation and 48.04% 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 5.3.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3545

Complementary

  1. #05abf0
  2. #f04a05

Split complementary

  1. #05abf0
  2. #f00535
  3. #f0c005

Analogous

  1. #05f0c0
  2. #05abf0
  3. #0535f0

Triadic

  1. #05abf0
  2. #f005ab
  3. #abf005

Tetradic

  1. #05abf0
  2. #4a05f0
  3. #f04a05
  4. #abf005

Square

  1. #05abf0
  2. #c005f0
  3. #f04a05
  4. #35f005

Monochromatic

  1. #02405a
  2. #0376a5
  3. #05abf0
  4. #46c6fb
  5. #91ddfd

Shades

#05abf0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abf0
  2. #059ad8
  3. #0489c0
  4. #0478a8
  5. #036790
  6. #035678
  7. #024460
  8. #023348
  9. #012230
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abf0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abf0
  2. #1eb3f2
  3. #37bcf3
  4. #50c4f5
  5. #69cdf6
  6. #82d5f8
  7. #9bddf9
  8. #b4e6fb
  9. #cdeefc
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abf0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abf0
  2. #11a7e5
  3. #1ea2da
  4. #2a9ece
  5. #369ac3
  6. #4396b8
  7. #4f91ad
  8. #5b8da2
  9. #678996
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89abf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d98ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6cabf2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #56a0ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abf0 {
  color: #05abf0;
}
Background
.bg-05abf0 {
  background-color: #05abf0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abf0 {
  border: 2px solid #05abf0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abf0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 96% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abf0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abf0, #0535f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abf0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 240 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.30 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.38 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.45 #fa540f Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abf0  rgb(5, 171, 240)  hsl(198, 96%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f04a05  rgb(240, 74, 5)  hsl(18, 96%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f005ab  rgb(240, 5, 171)  hsl(318, 96%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#abf005  rgb(171, 240, 5)  hsl(78, 96%, 48%)  Spring Bud