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#00A3DB

#00a3db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.92% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 195.34°, with 100% saturation and 42.94% 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 4.97.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3131

Complementary

  1. #00a3db
  2. #db3800

Split complementary

  1. #00a3db
  2. #db0036
  3. #dba500

Analogous

  1. #00dba5
  2. #00a3db
  3. #0036db

Triadic

  1. #00a3db
  2. #db00a3
  3. #a3db00

Tetradic

  1. #00a3db
  2. #3800db
  3. #db3800
  4. #a3db00

Square

  1. #00a3db
  2. #a500db
  3. #db3800
  4. #36db00

Monochromatic

  1. #003142
  2. #006a8e
  3. #00a3db
  4. #28c8ff
  5. #75dcff

Shades

#00a3db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3db
  2. #0093c5
  3. #0082af
  4. #007299
  5. #006283
  6. #00526e
  7. #004158
  8. #003142
  9. #00212c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3db
  2. #1aacdf
  3. #33b5e2
  4. #4dbfe6
  5. #66c8e9
  6. #80d1ed
  7. #99daf1
  8. #b3e3f4
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3db
  2. #0da0d2
  3. #1a9cc9
  4. #2699c0
  5. #3395b7
  6. #4092ae
  7. #4d8ea4
  8. #5a8b9b
  9. #668792
  10. #738489
  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 #789cb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d90da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa2dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5698da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3db {
  color: #00a3db;
}
Background
.bg-00a3db {
  background-color: #00a3db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3db {
  border: 2px solid #00a3db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3db, #0036db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.97 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.93 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.68 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.88 #ff5c24 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3db  rgb(0, 163, 219)  hsl(195, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#db3800  rgb(219, 56, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#db00a3  rgb(219, 0, 163)  hsl(315, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3db00  rgb(163, 219, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green