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#00A2E7

#00a2e7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a2e7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 197.92°, with 100% saturation and 45.29% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.14.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3161

Complementary

  1. #00a2e7
  2. #e74500

Split complementary

  1. #00a2e7
  2. #e7002f
  3. #e7b800

Analogous

  1. #00e7b8
  2. #00a2e7
  3. #002fe7

Triadic

  1. #00a2e7
  2. #e700a2
  3. #a2e700

Tetradic

  1. #00a2e7
  2. #4500e7
  3. #e74500
  4. #a2e700

Square

  1. #00a2e7
  2. #b800e7
  3. #e74500
  4. #2fe700

Monochromatic

  1. #00374e
  2. #006c9a
  3. #00a2e7
  4. #34c3ff
  5. #81d9ff

Shades

#00a2e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a2e7
  2. #0092d0
  3. #0082b9
  4. #0071a2
  5. #00618b
  6. #005174
  7. #00415c
  8. #003145
  9. #00202e
  10. #001017
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a2e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a2e7
  2. #1aabe9
  3. #33b5ec
  4. #4dbeee
  5. #66c7f1
  6. #80d1f3
  7. #99daf5
  8. #b3e3f8
  9. #ccecfa
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a2e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a2e7
  2. #0d9fdd
  3. #1a9bd2
  4. #2698c8
  5. #3394be
  6. #4091b4
  7. #4d8ea9
  8. #5a8a9f
  9. #668795
  10. #73838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799cbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a2ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6590e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a2e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f98e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a2e7 {
  color: #00a2e7;
}
Background
.bg-00a2e7 {
  background-color: #00a2e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a2e7 {
  border: 2px solid #00a2e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a2e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 162 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a2e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a2e7, #002fe7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a2e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 162 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.34 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.38 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.44 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.28 #ff5d18 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a2e7  rgb(0, 162, 231)  hsl(198, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e74500  rgb(231, 69, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e700a2  rgb(231, 0, 162)  hsl(318, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a2e700  rgb(162, 231, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud