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#00A1EF

#00a1ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a1ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 32.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 199.58°, with 100% saturation and 46.86% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.25.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3172

Complementary

  1. #00a1ef
  2. #ef4e00

Split complementary

  1. #00a1ef
  2. #ef002a
  3. #efc500

Analogous

  1. #00efc5
  2. #00a1ef
  3. #002aef

Triadic

  1. #00a1ef
  2. #ef00a1
  3. #a1ef00

Tetradic

  1. #00a1ef
  2. #4e00ef
  3. #ef4e00
  4. #a1ef00

Square

  1. #00a1ef
  2. #c500ef
  3. #ef4e00
  4. #2aef00

Monochromatic

  1. #003a56
  2. #006da2
  3. #00a1ef
  4. #3cc0ff
  5. #89d8ff

Shades

#00a1ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a1ef
  2. #0091d7
  3. #0081bf
  4. #0071a7
  5. #00618f
  6. #005178
  7. #004060
  8. #003048
  9. #002030
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a1ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a1ef
  2. #1aaaf1
  3. #33b4f2
  4. #4dbdf4
  5. #66c7f5
  6. #80d0f7
  7. #99d9f9
  8. #b3e3fa
  9. #ccecfc
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a1ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a1ef
  2. #0d9ee4
  3. #1a9ad9
  4. #2697ce
  5. #3394c3
  6. #4091b8
  7. #4d8dac
  8. #5a8aa1
  9. #668796
  10. #73838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799cc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba3f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d90ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a2f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4997ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a1ef {
  color: #00a1ef;
}
Background
.bg-00a1ef {
  background-color: #00a1ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a1ef {
  border: 2px solid #00a1ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a1ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 161 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a1ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a1ef, #002aef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a1ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 161 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.28 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.52 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.28 #ff5e10 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a1ef  rgb(0, 161, 239)  hsl(200, 100%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#ef4e00  rgb(239, 78, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 47%)  Tangelo
#ef00a1  rgb(239, 0, 161)  hsl(320, 100%, 47%)  Persian Rose
#a1ef00  rgb(161, 239, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 47%)  Spring Bud