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#00A1F8

#00a1f8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a1f8 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 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 35.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 201.05°, with 100% saturation and 48.63% 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 7.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.7.

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Relative luminance0.3227

Complementary

  1. #00a1f8
  2. #f85700

Split complementary

  1. #00a1f8
  2. #f80025
  3. #f8d300

Analogous

  1. #00f8d3
  2. #00a1f8
  3. #0025f8

Triadic

  1. #00a1f8
  2. #f800a1
  3. #a1f800

Tetradic

  1. #00a1f8
  2. #5700f8
  3. #f85700
  4. #a1f800

Square

  1. #00a1f8
  2. #d300f8
  3. #f85700
  4. #25f800

Monochromatic

  1. #003e5f
  2. #006fac
  3. #00a1f8
  4. #46beff
  5. #92d9ff

Shades

#00a1f8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a1f8
  2. #0091df
  3. #0081c6
  4. #0071ae
  5. #006195
  6. #00517c
  7. #004063
  8. #00304a
  9. #002032
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a1f8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a1f8
  2. #1aaaf9
  3. #33b4f9
  4. #4dbdfa
  5. #66c7fb
  6. #80d0fc
  7. #99d9fc
  8. #b3e3fd
  9. #ccecfe
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a1f8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a1f8
  2. #0d9eec
  3. #1a9ae0
  4. #2697d4
  5. #3394c8
  6. #4091bc
  7. #4d8db0
  8. #5a8aa4
  9. #668798
  10. #73838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9dc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a4fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5691f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5da3fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4398f7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a1f8 {
  color: #00a1f8;
}
Background
.bg-00a1f8 {
  background-color: #00a1f8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a1f8 {
  border: 2px solid #00a1f8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a1f8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 161 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a1f8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a1f8, #0025f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a1f8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 161 248 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.70 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.68 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.16 #ff5e07 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a1f8  rgb(0, 161, 248)  hsl(201, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#f85700  rgb(248, 87, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#f800a1  rgb(248, 0, 161)  hsl(321, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a1f800  rgb(161, 248, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud