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#00A0DB

#00a0db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 62.75% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 196.16°, with 100% saturation and 42.94% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3026

Complementary

  1. #00a0db
  2. #db3b00

Split complementary

  1. #00a0db
  2. #db0033
  3. #dba800

Analogous

  1. #00dba8
  2. #00a0db
  3. #0033db

Triadic

  1. #00a0db
  2. #db00a0
  3. #a0db00

Tetradic

  1. #00a0db
  2. #3b00db
  3. #db3b00
  4. #a0db00

Square

  1. #00a0db
  2. #a800db
  3. #db3b00
  4. #33db00

Monochromatic

  1. #003042
  2. #00688e
  3. #00a0db
  4. #28c5ff
  5. #75daff

Shades

#00a0db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0db
  2. #0090c5
  3. #0080af
  4. #007099
  5. #006083
  6. #00506e
  7. #004058
  8. #003042
  9. #00202c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0db
  2. #1aaadf
  3. #33b3e2
  4. #4dbde6
  5. #66c6e9
  6. #80d0ed
  7. #99d9f1
  8. #b3e3f4
  9. #ccecf8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0db
  2. #0d9dd2
  3. #1a9ac9
  4. #2696c0
  5. #3393b7
  6. #4090ae
  7. #4d8da4
  8. #5a8a9b
  9. #668692
  10. #738389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #769ab5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829fde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698eda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679fdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5295da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aac5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0db {
  color: #00a0db;
}
Background
.bg-00a0db {
  background-color: #00a0db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0db {
  border: 2px solid #00a0db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0db, #0033db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.89 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.24 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.83 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.39 #ff5f24 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0db  rgb(0, 160, 219)  hsl(196, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#db3b00  rgb(219, 59, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#db00a0  rgb(219, 0, 160)  hsl(316, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a0db00  rgb(160, 219, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green