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#00A0FC

#00a0fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 36.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 201.9°, with 100% saturation and 49.41% 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 7.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.3217

Complementary

  1. #00a0fc
  2. #fc5c00

Split complementary

  1. #00a0fc
  2. #fc0022
  3. #fcda00

Analogous

  1. #00fcda
  2. #00a0fc
  3. #0022fc

Triadic

  1. #00a0fc
  2. #fc00a0
  3. #a0fc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a0fc
  2. #5c00fc
  3. #fc5c00
  4. #a0fc00

Square

  1. #00a0fc
  2. #da00fc
  3. #fc5c00
  4. #22fc00

Monochromatic

  1. #003f63
  2. #006faf
  3. #00a0fc
  4. #49bdff
  5. #96d9ff

Shades

#00a0fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0fc
  2. #0090e3
  3. #0080ca
  4. #0070b0
  5. #006097
  6. #00507e
  7. #004065
  8. #00304c
  9. #002032
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0fc
  2. #1aaafc
  3. #33b3fd
  4. #4dbdfd
  5. #66c6fd
  6. #80d0fe
  7. #99d9fe
  8. #b3e3fe
  9. #ccecfe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0fc
  2. #0d9df0
  3. #1a9ae3
  4. #2696d7
  5. #3393ca
  6. #4090be
  7. #4d8db2
  8. #5a8aa5
  9. #668699
  10. #73838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9cc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73a4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5091fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5aa3fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e97fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aedc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0fc {
  color: #00a0fc;
}
Background
.bg-00a0fc {
  background-color: #00a0fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0fc {
  border: 2px solid #00a0fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0fc, #0022fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.12 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.36 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.38 #ff5f03 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0fc  rgb(0, 160, 252)  hsl(202, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fc5c00  rgb(252, 92, 0)  hsl(22, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fc00a0  rgb(252, 0, 160)  hsl(322, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a0fc00  rgb(160, 252, 0)  hsl(82, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud