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#00A2D3

#00a2d3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a2d3 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.53% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 193.93°, with 100% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.94.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3054

Complementary

  1. #00a2d3
  2. #d33100

Split complementary

  1. #00a2d3
  2. #d30039
  3. #d39a00

Analogous

  1. #00d39a
  2. #00a2d3
  3. #0039d3

Triadic

  1. #00a2d3
  2. #d300a2
  3. #a2d300

Tetradic

  1. #00a2d3
  2. #3100d3
  3. #d33100
  4. #a2d300

Square

  1. #00a2d3
  2. #9a00d3
  3. #d33100
  4. #39d300

Monochromatic

  1. #002d3a
  2. #006786
  3. #00a2d3
  4. #20cbff
  5. #6dddff

Shades

#00a2d3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a2d3
  2. #0092be
  3. #0082a9
  4. #007194
  5. #00617f
  6. #00516a
  7. #004154
  8. #00313f
  9. #00202a
  10. #001015
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a2d3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a2d3
  2. #1aabd7
  3. #33b5dc
  4. #4dbee0
  5. #66c7e5
  6. #80d1e9
  7. #99daed
  8. #b3e3f2
  9. #ccecf6
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a2d3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a2d3
  2. #0d9fcb
  3. #1a9bc2
  4. #2698ba
  5. #3394b2
  6. #4091aa
  7. #4d8ea1
  8. #5a8a99
  9. #668791
  10. #738388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779bb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889fd5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #708fd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba0d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5897d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aac0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a2d3 {
  color: #00a2d3;
}
Background
.bg-00a2d3 {
  background-color: #00a2d3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a2d3 {
  border: 2px solid #00a2d3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a2d3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 162 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a2d3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a2d3, #0039d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a2d3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 162 211 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.94 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.23 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.73 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.26 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.87 #ff5d2c Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a2d3  rgb(0, 162, 211)  hsl(194, 100%, 41%)  Carolina Blue
#d33100  rgb(211, 49, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 41%)  Sinopia
#d300a2  rgb(211, 0, 162)  hsl(314, 100%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2d300  rgb(162, 211, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 41%)  Yellow Green