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#05ABF6

#05abf6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abf6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.97% cyan, 30.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 198.67°, with 96.02% saturation and 49.22% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.36.

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Relative luminance0.3581

Complementary

  1. #05abf6
  2. #f65005

Split complementary

  1. #05abf6
  2. #f60533
  3. #f6c905

Analogous

  1. #05f6c9
  2. #05abf6
  3. #0533f6

Triadic

  1. #05abf6
  2. #f605ab
  3. #abf605

Tetradic

  1. #05abf6
  2. #5005f6
  3. #f65005
  4. #abf605

Square

  1. #05abf6
  2. #c905f6
  3. #f65005
  4. #33f605

Monochromatic

  1. #024360
  2. #0377ab
  3. #05abf6
  4. #4cc5fb
  5. #97ddfd

Shades

#05abf6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abf6
  2. #059add
  3. #0489c5
  4. #0478ac
  5. #036794
  6. #03567b
  7. #024462
  8. #02334a
  9. #012231
  10. #011119
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abf6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abf6
  2. #1eb3f7
  3. #37bcf8
  4. #50c4f9
  5. #69cdfa
  6. #82d5fb
  7. #9bddfb
  8. #b4e6fc
  9. #cdeefd
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abf6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abf6
  2. #11a7ea
  3. #1ea2de
  4. #2a9ed3
  5. #369ac7
  6. #4396bb
  7. #4f91af
  8. #5b8da3
  9. #678998
  10. #74848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86acf9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6999f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aacf8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #52a0f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abf6 {
  color: #05abf6;
}
Background
.bg-05abf6 {
  background-color: #05abf6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abf6 {
  border: 2px solid #05abf6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abf6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 96% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abf6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abf6, #0533f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abf6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 246 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.36 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.94 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.23 #fa5409 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abf6  rgb(5, 171, 246)  hsl(199, 96%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#f65005  rgb(246, 80, 5)  hsl(19, 96%, 49%)  Tangelo
#f605ab  rgb(246, 5, 171)  hsl(319, 96%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#abf605  rgb(171, 246, 5)  hsl(79, 96%, 49%)  Spring Bud