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#00A0E1

#00a0e1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0e1 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 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 28.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 197.33°, with 100% saturation and 44.12% 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 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.15.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3058

Complementary

  1. #00a0e1
  2. #e14100

Split complementary

  1. #00a0e1
  2. #e10030
  3. #e1b100

Analogous

  1. #00e1b1
  2. #00a0e1
  3. #0030e1

Triadic

  1. #00a0e1
  2. #e100a0
  3. #a0e100

Tetradic

  1. #00a0e1
  2. #4100e1
  3. #e14100
  4. #a0e100

Square

  1. #00a0e1
  2. #b100e1
  3. #e14100
  4. #30e100

Monochromatic

  1. #003348
  2. #006a95
  3. #00a0e1
  4. #2fc3ff
  5. #7bd9ff

Shades

#00a0e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0e1
  2. #0090cb
  3. #0080b4
  4. #00709e
  5. #006087
  6. #005071
  7. #00405a
  8. #003044
  9. #00202d
  10. #001017
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0e1
  2. #1aaae4
  3. #33b3e7
  4. #4dbdea
  5. #66c6ed
  6. #80d0f0
  7. #99d9f3
  8. #b3e3f6
  9. #ccecf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0e1
  2. #0d9dd7
  3. #1a9ace
  4. #2696c4
  5. #3393ba
  6. #4090b1
  7. #4d8da7
  8. #5a8a9d
  9. #668693
  10. #73838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779ab9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a0e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658ee0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a0e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f96e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aac9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0e1 {
  color: #00a0e1;
}
Background
.bg-00a0e1 {
  background-color: #00a0e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0e1 {
  border: 2px solid #00a0e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0e1, #0030e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.57 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.45 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.87 #ff5f1e Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0e1  rgb(0, 160, 225)  hsl(197, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e14100  rgb(225, 65, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 44%)  Flame
#e100a0  rgb(225, 0, 160)  hsl(317, 100%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a0e100  rgb(160, 225, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green