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#05ABF4

#05abf4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abf4 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 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.95% cyan, 29.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 198.33°, with 95.98% saturation and 48.82% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.32.

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Relative luminance0.3569

Complementary

  1. #05abf4
  2. #f44e05

Split complementary

  1. #05abf4
  2. #f40533
  3. #f4c505

Analogous

  1. #05f4c5
  2. #05abf4
  3. #0533f4

Triadic

  1. #05abf4
  2. #f405ab
  3. #abf405

Tetradic

  1. #05abf4
  2. #4e05f4
  3. #f44e05
  4. #abf405

Square

  1. #05abf4
  2. #c505f4
  3. #f44e05
  4. #33f405

Monochromatic

  1. #02425e
  2. #0376a9
  3. #05abf4
  4. #4ac5fb
  5. #95ddfd

Shades

#05abf4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abf4
  2. #059adc
  3. #0489c3
  4. #0478ab
  5. #036792
  6. #03567a
  7. #024462
  8. #023349
  9. #012231
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abf4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abf4
  2. #1eb3f5
  3. #37bcf6
  4. #50c4f7
  5. #69cdf8
  6. #82d5fa
  7. #9bddfb
  8. #b4e6fc
  9. #cdeefd
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abf4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abf4
  2. #11a7e8
  3. #1ea2dd
  4. #2a9ed1
  5. #369ac6
  6. #4396ba
  7. #4f91ae
  8. #5b8da3
  9. #678997
  10. #74848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87acf7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a99f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6babf6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #53a0f3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abf4 {
  color: #05abf4;
}
Background
.bg-05abf4 {
  background-color: #05abf4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abf4 {
  border: 2px solid #05abf4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abf4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 96% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abf4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abf4, #0533f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abf4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.32 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.42 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.01 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.20 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.88 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.38 #fa540b Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abf4  rgb(5, 171, 244)  hsl(198, 96%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#f44e05  rgb(244, 78, 5)  hsl(18, 96%, 49%)  Tangelo
#f405ab  rgb(244, 5, 171)  hsl(318, 96%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#abf405  rgb(171, 244, 5)  hsl(78, 96%, 49%)  Spring Bud