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#00A1E4

#00a1e4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a1e4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.14% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 197.63°, with 100% saturation and 44.71% 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 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.12.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3109

Complementary

  1. #00a1e4
  2. #e44300

Split complementary

  1. #00a1e4
  2. #e4002f
  3. #e4b500

Analogous

  1. #00e4b5
  2. #00a1e4
  3. #002fe4

Triadic

  1. #00a1e4
  2. #e400a1
  3. #a1e400

Tetradic

  1. #00a1e4
  2. #4300e4
  3. #e44300
  4. #a1e400

Square

  1. #00a1e4
  2. #b500e4
  3. #e44300
  4. #2fe400

Monochromatic

  1. #00354b
  2. #006b98
  3. #00a1e4
  4. #32c3ff
  5. #7ed9ff

Shades

#00a1e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a1e4
  2. #0091cd
  3. #0081b6
  4. #0071a0
  5. #006189
  6. #005172
  7. #00405b
  8. #003044
  9. #00202e
  10. #001017
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a1e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a1e4
  2. #1aaae7
  3. #33b4e9
  4. #4dbdec
  5. #66c7ef
  6. #80d0f2
  7. #99d9f4
  8. #b3e3f7
  9. #ccecfa
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a1e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a1e4
  2. #0d9eda
  3. #1a9ad0
  4. #2697c6
  5. #3394bc
  6. #4091b2
  7. #4d8da8
  8. #5a8a9e
  9. #668794
  10. #73838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789bbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a1e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658fe3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a1e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f97e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00accb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a1e4 {
  color: #00a1e4;
}
Background
.bg-00a1e4 {
  background-color: #00a1e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a1e4 {
  border: 2px solid #00a1e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a1e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 161 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a1e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a1e4, #002fe4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a1e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 161 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.98 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.12 #ff5e1b Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a1e4  rgb(0, 161, 228)  hsl(198, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e44300  rgb(228, 67, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e400a1  rgb(228, 0, 161)  hsl(318, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a1e400  rgb(161, 228, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud