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#05ABFB

#05abfb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abfb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.01% cyan, 31.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 199.51°, with 96.85% saturation and 50.2% 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 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.53.

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Relative luminance0.3612

Complementary

  1. #05abfb
  2. #fb5505

Split complementary

  1. #05abfb
  2. #fb0530
  3. #fbd005

Analogous

  1. #05fbd0
  2. #05abfb
  3. #0530fb

Triadic

  1. #05abfb
  2. #fb05ab
  3. #abfb05

Tetradic

  1. #05abfb
  2. #5505fb
  3. #fb5505
  4. #abfb05

Square

  1. #05abfb
  2. #d005fb
  3. #fb5505
  4. #30fb05

Monochromatic

  1. #024565
  2. #0378b1
  3. #05abfb
  4. #50c4fc
  5. #9cdefd

Shades

#05abfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abfb
  2. #059ae2
  3. #0489c9
  4. #0478b0
  5. #036797
  6. #03567e
  7. #024464
  8. #02334b
  9. #012232
  10. #011119
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abfb
  2. #1eb3fb
  3. #37bcfc
  4. #50c4fc
  5. #69cdfd
  6. #82d5fd
  7. #9bddfd
  8. #b4e6fe
  9. #cdeefe
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abfb
  2. #11a7ef
  3. #1ea2e2
  4. #2a9ed6
  5. #369aca
  6. #4396be
  7. #4f91b1
  8. #5b8da5
  9. #678999
  10. #74848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a6cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84adfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6599fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68acfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #50a1fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abfb {
  color: #05abfb;
}
Background
.bg-05abfb {
  background-color: #05abfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abfb {
  border: 2px solid #05abfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 97% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abfb, #0530fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.53 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.88 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.91 #fa5404 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abfb  rgb(5, 171, 251)  hsl(200, 97%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fb5505  rgb(251, 85, 5)  hsl(20, 97%, 50%)  International Orange
#fb05ab  rgb(251, 5, 171)  hsl(320, 97%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#abfb05  rgb(171, 251, 5)  hsl(80, 97%, 50%)  Spring Bud