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#00A3D9

#00a3d9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3d9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.92% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 24.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 194.93°, with 100% saturation and 42.55% 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 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.22.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.312

Complementary

  1. #00a3d9
  2. #d93600

Split complementary

  1. #00a3d9
  2. #d90037
  3. #d9a300

Analogous

  1. #00d9a3
  2. #00a3d9
  3. #0037d9

Triadic

  1. #00a3d9
  2. #d900a3
  3. #a3d900

Tetradic

  1. #00a3d9
  2. #3600d9
  3. #d93600
  4. #a3d900

Square

  1. #00a3d9
  2. #a300d9
  3. #d93600
  4. #37d900

Monochromatic

  1. #003040
  2. #006a8d
  3. #00a3d9
  4. #27c9ff
  5. #73dcff

Shades

#00a3d9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3d9
  2. #0093c3
  3. #0082ae
  4. #007298
  5. #006282
  6. #00526d
  7. #004157
  8. #003141
  9. #00212b
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3d9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3d9
  2. #1aacdd
  3. #33b5e1
  4. #4dbfe4
  5. #66c8e8
  6. #80d1ec
  7. #99daf0
  8. #b3e3f4
  9. #ccedf7
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3d9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3d9
  2. #0da0d0
  3. #1a9cc7
  4. #2699be
  5. #3395b5
  6. #4092ad
  7. #4d8ea4
  8. #5a8b9b
  9. #668792
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789cb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e90d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba2db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5798d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3d9 {
  color: #00a3d9;
}
Background
.bg-00a3d9 {
  background-color: #00a3d9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3d9 {
  border: 2px solid #00a3d9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3d9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3d9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3d9, #0037d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3d9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 217 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.22 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.49 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.49 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.58 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.07 #ff5c26 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3d9  rgb(0, 163, 217)  hsl(195, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#d93600  rgb(217, 54, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#d900a3  rgb(217, 0, 163)  hsl(315, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3d900  rgb(163, 217, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green