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#00A3DE

#00a3de ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3de 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 195.95°, with 100% saturation and 43.53% 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 7.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.66.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3147

Complementary

  1. #00a3de
  2. #de3b00

Split complementary

  1. #00a3de
  2. #de0034
  3. #deaa00

Analogous

  1. #00deaa
  2. #00a3de
  3. #0034de

Triadic

  1. #00a3de
  2. #de00a3
  3. #a3de00

Tetradic

  1. #00a3de
  2. #3b00de
  3. #de3b00
  4. #a3de00

Square

  1. #00a3de
  2. #aa00de
  3. #de3b00
  4. #34de00

Monochromatic

  1. #003345
  2. #006b92
  3. #00a3de
  4. #2cc7ff
  5. #78dbff

Shades

#00a3de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3de
  2. #0093c8
  3. #0082b2
  4. #00729b
  5. #006285
  6. #00526f
  7. #004159
  8. #003143
  9. #00212c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3de
  2. #1aace1
  3. #33b5e5
  4. #4dbfe8
  5. #66c8eb
  6. #80d1ef
  7. #99daf2
  8. #b3e3f5
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3de
  2. #0da0d5
  3. #1a9ccb
  4. #2699c2
  5. #3395b8
  6. #4092af
  7. #4d8ea6
  8. #5a8b9c
  9. #668793
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789db8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a2e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c90dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a2e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5498dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3de {
  color: #00a3de;
}
Background
.bg-00a3de {
  background-color: #00a3de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3de {
  border: 2px solid #00a3de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3de, #0034de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.77 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.91 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.98 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.62 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.76 #ff5c21 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3de  rgb(0, 163, 222)  hsl(196, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#de3b00  rgb(222, 59, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#de00a3  rgb(222, 0, 163)  hsl(316, 100%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3de00  rgb(163, 222, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green