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#00A3FB

#00a3fb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3fb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 35.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 201.04°, with 100% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.88.

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Relative luminance0.3316

Complementary

  1. #00a3fb
  2. #fb5800

Split complementary

  1. #00a3fb
  2. #fb0025
  3. #fbd600

Analogous

  1. #00fbd6
  2. #00a3fb
  3. #0025fb

Triadic

  1. #00a3fb
  2. #fb00a3
  3. #a3fb00

Tetradic

  1. #00a3fb
  2. #5800fb
  3. #fb5800
  4. #a3fb00

Square

  1. #00a3fb
  2. #d600fb
  3. #fb5800
  4. #25fb00

Monochromatic

  1. #004062
  2. #0071af
  3. #00a3fb
  4. #49bfff
  5. #95daff

Shades

#00a3fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3fb
  2. #0093e2
  3. #0082c9
  4. #0072b0
  5. #006297
  6. #00527e
  7. #004164
  8. #00314b
  9. #002132
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3fb
  2. #1aacfb
  3. #33b5fc
  4. #4dbffc
  5. #66c8fd
  6. #80d1fd
  7. #99dafd
  8. #b3e3fe
  9. #ccedfe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3fb
  2. #0da0ef
  3. #1a9ce2
  4. #2699d6
  5. #3395ca
  6. #4092be
  7. #4d8eb1
  8. #5a8ba5
  9. #668799
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5793f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ea5fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #449afa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3fb {
  color: #00a3fb;
}
Background
.bg-00a3fb {
  background-color: #00a3fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3fb {
  border: 2px solid #00a3fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3fb, #0025fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.40 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.22 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.64 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.92 #ff5c04 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3fb  rgb(0, 163, 251)  hsl(201, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fb5800  rgb(251, 88, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fb00a3  rgb(251, 0, 163)  hsl(321, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a3fb00  rgb(163, 251, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud