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#00A3DF

#00a3df ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3df 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 196.14°, with 100% saturation and 43.73% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3152

Complementary

  1. #00a3df
  2. #df3c00

Split complementary

  1. #00a3df
  2. #df0034
  3. #dfac00

Analogous

  1. #00dfac
  2. #00a3df
  3. #0034df

Triadic

  1. #00a3df
  2. #df00a3
  3. #a3df00

Tetradic

  1. #00a3df
  2. #3c00df
  3. #df3c00
  4. #a3df00

Square

  1. #00a3df
  2. #ac00df
  3. #df3c00
  4. #34df00

Monochromatic

  1. #003346
  2. #006b93
  3. #00a3df
  4. #2dc6ff
  5. #79dbff

Shades

#00a3df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3df
  2. #0093c9
  3. #0082b2
  4. #00729c
  5. #006286
  6. #005270
  7. #004159
  8. #003143
  9. #00212d
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3df
  2. #1aace2
  3. #33b5e5
  4. #4dbfe9
  5. #66c8ec
  6. #80d1ef
  7. #99daf2
  8. #b3e3f5
  9. #ccedf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3df
  2. #0da0d6
  3. #1a9ccc
  4. #2699c3
  5. #3395b9
  6. #4092b0
  7. #4d8ea6
  8. #5a8b9d
  9. #668793
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789db9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a2e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b91de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a2e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5498de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3df {
  color: #00a3df;
}
Background
.bg-00a3df {
  background-color: #00a3df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3df {
  border: 2px solid #00a3df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3df, #0034df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.91 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.09 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.55 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.80 #ff5c20 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3df  rgb(0, 163, 223)  hsl(196, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#df3c00  rgb(223, 60, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#df00a3  rgb(223, 0, 163)  hsl(316, 100%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3df00  rgb(163, 223, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green