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#00A2FE

#00a2fe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a2fe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 36.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 201.73°, with 100% saturation and 49.8% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.33

Complementary

  1. #00a2fe
  2. #fe5c00

Split complementary

  1. #00a2fe
  2. #fe0023
  3. #fedb00

Analogous

  1. #00fedb
  2. #00a2fe
  3. #0023fe

Triadic

  1. #00a2fe
  2. #fe00a2
  3. #a2fe00

Tetradic

  1. #00a2fe
  2. #5c00fe
  3. #fe5c00
  4. #a2fe00

Square

  1. #00a2fe
  2. #db00fe
  3. #fe5c00
  4. #23fe00

Monochromatic

  1. #004065
  2. #0071b1
  3. #00a2fe
  4. #4bbeff
  5. #98daff

Shades

#00a2fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a2fe
  2. #0092e5
  3. #0082cb
  4. #0071b2
  5. #006198
  6. #00517f
  7. #004166
  8. #00314c
  9. #002033
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a2fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a2fe
  2. #1aabfe
  3. #33b5fe
  4. #4dbefe
  5. #66c7fe
  6. #80d1ff
  7. #99daff
  8. #b3e3ff
  9. #ccecff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a2fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a2fe
  2. #0d9ff1
  3. #1a9be5
  4. #2698d8
  5. #3394cc
  6. #4091bf
  7. #4d8eb2
  8. #5a8aa6
  9. #668799
  10. #73838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9ecb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #75a6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5293fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ca5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4099fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a2fe {
  color: #00a2fe;
}
Background
.bg-00a2fe {
  background-color: #00a2fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a2fe {
  border: 2px solid #00a2fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a2fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 162 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a2fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a2fe, #0023fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a2fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 162 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.05 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.08 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.79 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.87 #ff5d01 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a2fe  rgb(0, 162, 254)  hsl(202, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fe5c00  rgb(254, 92, 0)  hsl(22, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fe00a2  rgb(254, 0, 162)  hsl(322, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a2fe00  rgb(162, 254, 0)  hsl(82, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud