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#00A2E1

#00a2e1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a2e1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.53% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 196.8°, with 100% saturation and 44.12% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.31.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3128

Complementary

  1. #00a2e1
  2. #e13f00

Split complementary

  1. #00a2e1
  2. #e10032
  3. #e1b000

Analogous

  1. #00e1b0
  2. #00a2e1
  3. #0032e1

Triadic

  1. #00a2e1
  2. #e100a2
  3. #a2e100

Tetradic

  1. #00a2e1
  2. #3f00e1
  3. #e13f00
  4. #a2e100

Square

  1. #00a2e1
  2. #b000e1
  3. #e13f00
  4. #32e100

Monochromatic

  1. #003448
  2. #006b95
  3. #00a2e1
  4. #2fc5ff
  5. #7bdaff

Shades

#00a2e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a2e1
  2. #0092cb
  3. #0082b4
  4. #00719e
  5. #006187
  6. #005171
  7. #00415a
  8. #003144
  9. #00202d
  10. #001017
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a2e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a2e1
  2. #1aabe4
  3. #33b5e7
  4. #4dbeea
  5. #66c7ed
  6. #80d1f0
  7. #99daf3
  8. #b3e3f6
  9. #ccecf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a2e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a2e1
  2. #0d9fd7
  3. #1a9bce
  4. #2698c4
  5. #3394ba
  6. #4091b1
  7. #4d8ea7
  8. #5a8a9d
  9. #668793
  10. #73838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789cba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a1e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6890e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a2e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5298e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a2e1 {
  color: #00a2e1;
}
Background
.bg-00a2e1 {
  background-color: #00a2e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a2e1 {
  border: 2px solid #00a2e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a2e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 162 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a2e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a2e1, #0032e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a2e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 162 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.57 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.26 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.48 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.22 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.38 #ff5d1e Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a2e1  rgb(0, 162, 225)  hsl(197, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e13f00  rgb(225, 63, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#e100a2  rgb(225, 0, 162)  hsl(317, 100%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2e100  rgb(162, 225, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green