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#00A0DF

#00a0df ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0df 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 28.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 196.95°, with 100% saturation and 43.73% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3047

Complementary

  1. #00a0df
  2. #df3f00

Split complementary

  1. #00a0df
  2. #df0031
  3. #dfaf00

Analogous

  1. #00dfaf
  2. #00a0df
  3. #0031df

Triadic

  1. #00a0df
  2. #df00a0
  3. #a0df00

Tetradic

  1. #00a0df
  2. #3f00df
  3. #df3f00
  4. #a0df00

Square

  1. #00a0df
  2. #af00df
  3. #df3f00
  4. #31df00

Monochromatic

  1. #003246
  2. #006993
  3. #00a0df
  4. #2dc4ff
  5. #79d9ff

Shades

#00a0df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0df
  2. #0090c9
  3. #0080b2
  4. #00709c
  5. #006086
  6. #005070
  7. #004059
  8. #003043
  9. #00202d
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0df
  2. #1aaae2
  3. #33b3e5
  4. #4dbde9
  5. #66c6ec
  6. #80d0ef
  7. #99d9f2
  8. #b3e3f5
  9. #ccecf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0df
  2. #0d9dd6
  3. #1a9acc
  4. #2696c3
  5. #3393b9
  6. #4090b0
  7. #4d8da6
  8. #5a8a9d
  9. #668693
  10. #73838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a0e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678ede ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a0e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5096de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aac8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0df {
  color: #00a0df;
}
Background
.bg-00a0df {
  background-color: #00a0df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0df {
  border: 2px solid #00a0df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0df, #0031df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.66 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.88 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.16 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.67 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.74 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.99 #ff5f20 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0df  rgb(0, 160, 223)  hsl(197, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#df3f00  rgb(223, 63, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#df00a0  rgb(223, 0, 160)  hsl(317, 100%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a0df00  rgb(160, 223, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green