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#00A3EA

#00a3ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 30.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.21°, with 100% saturation and 45.88% 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 7.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3213

Complementary

  1. #00a3ea
  2. #ea4700

Split complementary

  1. #00a3ea
  2. #ea002e
  3. #eabc00

Analogous

  1. #00eabc
  2. #00a3ea
  3. #002eea

Triadic

  1. #00a3ea
  2. #ea00a3
  3. #a3ea00

Tetradic

  1. #00a3ea
  2. #4700ea
  3. #ea4700
  4. #a3ea00

Square

  1. #00a3ea
  2. #bc00ea
  3. #ea4700
  4. #2eea00

Monochromatic

  1. #003851
  2. #006e9d
  3. #00a3ea
  4. #37c2ff
  5. #84daff

Shades

#00a3ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3ea
  2. #0093d3
  3. #0082bb
  4. #0072a4
  5. #00628c
  6. #005275
  7. #00415e
  8. #003146
  9. #00212f
  10. #001017
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3ea
  2. #1aacec
  3. #33b5ee
  4. #4dbff0
  5. #66c8f2
  6. #80d1f5
  7. #99daf7
  8. #b3e3f9
  9. #ccedfb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3ea
  2. #0da0df
  3. #1a9cd5
  4. #2699ca
  5. #3395c0
  6. #4092b5
  7. #4d8eaa
  8. #5a8ba0
  9. #668795
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6492e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e99e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3ea {
  color: #00a3ea;
}
Background
.bg-00a3ea {
  background-color: #00a3ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3ea {
  border: 2px solid #00a3ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3ea, #002eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.26 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.30 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.24 #ff5c15 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3ea  rgb(0, 163, 234)  hsl(198, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ea4700  rgb(234, 71, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 46%)  Flame
#ea00a3  rgb(234, 0, 163)  hsl(318, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a3ea00  rgb(163, 234, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud