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#05ABFF

#05abff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.04% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.16°, with 100% saturation and 50.98% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.7.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3638

Complementary

  1. #05abff
  2. #ff5905

Split complementary

  1. #05abff
  2. #ff052e
  3. #ffd605

Analogous

  1. #05ffd6
  2. #05abff
  3. #052eff

Triadic

  1. #05abff
  2. #ff05ab
  3. #abff05

Tetradic

  1. #05abff
  2. #5905ff
  3. #ff5905
  4. #abff05

Square

  1. #05abff
  2. #d605ff
  3. #ff5905
  4. #2eff05

Monochromatic

  1. #00476b
  2. #007ab7
  3. #05abff
  4. #51c5ff
  5. #9edeff

Shades

#05abff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abff
  2. #059ae6
  3. #0489cc
  4. #0478b3
  5. #036799
  6. #035680
  7. #024466
  8. #02334d
  9. #012233
  10. #01111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abff
  2. #1eb3ff
  3. #37bcff
  4. #50c4ff
  5. #69cdff
  6. #82d5ff
  7. #9bddff
  8. #b4e6ff
  9. #cdeeff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abff
  2. #11a7f2
  3. #1ea2e6
  4. #2a9ed9
  5. #369acc
  6. #4396c0
  7. #4f91b3
  8. #5b8da6
  9. #678999
  10. #74848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a6ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #629afd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67acff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4da1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abff {
  color: #05abff;
}
Background
.bg-05abff {
  background-color: #05abff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abff {
  border: 2px solid #05abff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abff, #052eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.52 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.78 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.67 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.28 #fa5400 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abff  rgb(5, 171, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5905  rgb(255, 89, 5)  hsl(20, 100%, 51%)  International Orange
#ff05ab  rgb(255, 5, 171)  hsl(320, 100%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#abff05  rgb(171, 255, 5)  hsl(80, 100%, 51%)  Spring Bud