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#00A2F4

#00a2f4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a2f4 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 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 200.16°, with 100% saturation and 47.84% 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 7.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.48.

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Relative luminance0.3237

Complementary

  1. #00a2f4
  2. #f45200

Split complementary

  1. #00a2f4
  2. #f40028
  3. #f4cc00

Analogous

  1. #00f4cc
  2. #00a2f4
  3. #0028f4

Triadic

  1. #00a2f4
  2. #f400a2
  3. #a2f400

Tetradic

  1. #00a2f4
  2. #5200f4
  3. #f45200
  4. #a2f400

Square

  1. #00a2f4
  2. #cc00f4
  3. #f45200
  4. #28f400

Monochromatic

  1. #003c5b
  2. #006fa7
  3. #00a2f4
  4. #41bfff
  5. #8ed9ff

Shades

#00a2f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a2f4
  2. #0092dc
  3. #0082c3
  4. #0071ab
  5. #006192
  6. #00517a
  7. #004162
  8. #003149
  9. #002031
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a2f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a2f4
  2. #1aabf5
  3. #33b5f6
  4. #4dbef7
  5. #66c7f8
  6. #80d1fa
  7. #99dafb
  8. #b3e3fc
  9. #ccecfd
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a2f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a2f4
  2. #0d9fe8
  3. #1a9bdd
  4. #2698d1
  5. #3394c6
  6. #4091ba
  7. #4d8eae
  8. #5a8aa3
  9. #668797
  10. #73838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9dc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa5f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b92f2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a4f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4798f3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a2f4 {
  color: #00a2f4;
}
Background
.bg-00a2f4 {
  background-color: #00a2f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a2f4 {
  border: 2px solid #00a2f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a2f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 162 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a2f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a2f4, #0028f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a2f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 162 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.72 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.53 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.96 #ff5d0b Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a2f4  rgb(0, 162, 244)  hsl(200, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f45200  rgb(244, 82, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f400a2  rgb(244, 0, 162)  hsl(320, 100%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a2f400  rgb(162, 244, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud