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#00A0F3

#00a0f3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0f3 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 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 34.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 200.49°, with 100% saturation and 47.65% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.45.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3161

Complementary

  1. #00a0f3
  2. #f35300

Split complementary

  1. #00a0f3
  2. #f30027
  3. #f3cc00

Analogous

  1. #00f3cc
  2. #00a0f3
  3. #0027f3

Triadic

  1. #00a0f3
  2. #f300a0
  3. #a0f300

Tetradic

  1. #00a0f3
  2. #5300f3
  3. #f35300
  4. #a0f300

Square

  1. #00a0f3
  2. #cc00f3
  3. #f35300
  4. #27f300

Monochromatic

  1. #003b5a
  2. #006ea7
  3. #00a0f3
  4. #41beff
  5. #8dd8ff

Shades

#00a0f3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0f3
  2. #0090db
  3. #0080c2
  4. #0070aa
  5. #006092
  6. #00507a
  7. #004061
  8. #003049
  9. #002031
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0f3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0f3
  2. #1aaaf4
  3. #33b3f5
  4. #4dbdf7
  5. #66c6f8
  6. #80d0f9
  7. #99d9fa
  8. #b3e3fb
  9. #ccecfd
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0f3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0f3
  2. #0d9de8
  3. #1a9adc
  4. #2696d1
  5. #3393c5
  6. #4090ba
  7. #4d8dae
  8. #5a8aa3
  9. #668697
  10. #73838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799cc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a3f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5890f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ea2f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4597f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0f3 {
  color: #00a0f3;
}
Background
.bg-00a0f3 {
  background-color: #00a0f3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0f3 {
  border: 2px solid #00a0f3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0f3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0f3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0f3, #0027f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0f3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 243 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.05 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.01 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.25 #ff5f0c Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0f3  rgb(0, 160, 243)  hsl(200, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f35300  rgb(243, 83, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f300a0  rgb(243, 0, 160)  hsl(320, 100%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a0f300  rgb(160, 243, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud