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#00A0F9

#00a0f9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0f9 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 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 35.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 201.45°, with 100% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.78.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3198

Complementary

  1. #00a0f9
  2. #f95900

Split complementary

  1. #00a0f9
  2. #f90023
  3. #f9d600

Analogous

  1. #00f9d6
  2. #00a0f9
  3. #0023f9

Triadic

  1. #00a0f9
  2. #f900a0
  3. #a0f900

Tetradic

  1. #00a0f9
  2. #5900f9
  3. #f95900
  4. #a0f900

Square

  1. #00a0f9
  2. #d600f9
  3. #f95900
  4. #23f900

Monochromatic

  1. #003e60
  2. #006fac
  3. #00a0f9
  4. #46bdff
  5. #93d8ff

Shades

#00a0f9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0f9
  2. #0090e0
  3. #0080c7
  4. #0070ae
  5. #006095
  6. #00507d
  7. #004064
  8. #00304b
  9. #002032
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0f9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0f9
  2. #1aaafa
  3. #33b3fa
  4. #4dbdfb
  5. #66c6fb
  6. #80d0fc
  7. #99d9fd
  8. #b3e3fd
  9. #ccecfe
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0f9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0f9
  2. #0d9ded
  3. #1a9ae1
  4. #2696d5
  5. #3393c9
  6. #4090bd
  7. #4d8db0
  8. #5a8aa4
  9. #668698
  10. #73838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799cc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #74a4fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5391f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ba2fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4097f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0f9 {
  color: #00a0f9;
}
Background
.bg-00a0f9 {
  background-color: #00a0f9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0f9 {
  border: 2px solid #00a0f9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0f9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0f9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0f9, #0023f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0f9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 249 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.78 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.58 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.40 #ff5f06 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0f9  rgb(0, 160, 249)  hsl(201, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#f95900  rgb(249, 89, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#f900a0  rgb(249, 0, 160)  hsl(321, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a0f900  rgb(160, 249, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud