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#00A0F2

#00a0f2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0f2 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 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 200.33°, with 100% saturation and 47.45% 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 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.4.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3155

Complementary

  1. #00a0f2
  2. #f25200

Split complementary

  1. #00a0f2
  2. #f20027
  3. #f2cb00

Analogous

  1. #00f2cb
  2. #00a0f2
  3. #0027f2

Triadic

  1. #00a0f2
  2. #f200a0
  3. #a0f200

Tetradic

  1. #00a0f2
  2. #5200f2
  3. #f25200
  4. #a0f200

Square

  1. #00a0f2
  2. #cb00f2
  3. #f25200
  4. #27f200

Monochromatic

  1. #003b59
  2. #006da5
  3. #00a0f2
  4. #3fbeff
  5. #8cd8ff

Shades

#00a0f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0f2
  2. #0090da
  3. #0080c2
  4. #0070a9
  5. #006091
  6. #005079
  7. #004061
  8. #003049
  9. #002030
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0f2
  2. #1aaaf3
  3. #33b3f5
  4. #4dbdf6
  5. #66c6f7
  6. #80d0f9
  7. #99d9fa
  8. #b3e3fb
  9. #ccecfc
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0f2
  2. #0d9de7
  3. #1a9adb
  4. #2696d0
  5. #3393c4
  6. #4090b9
  7. #4d8dae
  8. #5a8aa2
  9. #668697
  10. #73838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789bc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a3f5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5990f0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ea2f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4597f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0f2 {
  color: #00a0f2;
}
Background
.bg-00a0f2 {
  background-color: #00a0f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0f2 {
  border: 2px solid #00a0f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0f2, #0027f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.70 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.14 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.10 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.16 #ff5f0d Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0f2  rgb(0, 160, 242)  hsl(200, 100%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#f25200  rgb(242, 82, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 47%)  Tangelo
#f200a0  rgb(242, 0, 160)  hsl(320, 100%, 47%)  Persian Rose
#a0f200  rgb(160, 242, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 47%)  Spring Bud