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#00A3E2

#00a3e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 27.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 196.73°, with 100% saturation and 44.31% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.38.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3169

Complementary

  1. #00a3e2
  2. #e23f00

Split complementary

  1. #00a3e2
  2. #e20032
  3. #e2b000

Analogous

  1. #00e2b0
  2. #00a3e2
  3. #0032e2

Triadic

  1. #00a3e2
  2. #e200a3
  3. #a3e200

Tetradic

  1. #00a3e2
  2. #3f00e2
  3. #e23f00
  4. #a3e200

Square

  1. #00a3e2
  2. #b000e2
  3. #e23f00
  4. #32e200

Monochromatic

  1. #003549
  2. #006c95
  3. #00a3e2
  4. #2fc5ff
  5. #7cdaff

Shades

#00a3e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3e2
  2. #0093cb
  3. #0082b5
  4. #00729e
  5. #006288
  6. #005271
  7. #00415a
  8. #003144
  9. #00212d
  10. #001017
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3e2
  2. #1aace5
  3. #33b5e8
  4. #4dbfeb
  5. #66c8ee
  6. #80d1f1
  7. #99daf3
  8. #b3e3f6
  9. #ccedf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3e2
  2. #0da0d8
  3. #1a9cce
  4. #2699c5
  5. #3395bb
  6. #4092b1
  7. #4d8ea7
  8. #5a8b9d
  9. #668794
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799dbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a2e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6991e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a3e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5298e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3e2 {
  color: #00a3e2;
}
Background
.bg-00a3e2 {
  background-color: #00a3e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3e2 {
  border: 2px solid #00a3e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3e2, #0032e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.40 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.34 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.47 #ff5c1d Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3e2  rgb(0, 163, 226)  hsl(197, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e23f00  rgb(226, 63, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#e200a3  rgb(226, 0, 163)  hsl(317, 100%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#a3e200  rgb(163, 226, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 44%)  Inchworm