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#00A3FD

#00a3fd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3fd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 35.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 201.34°, with 100% saturation and 49.61% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.

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Relative luminance0.3329

Complementary

  1. #00a3fd
  2. #fd5a00

Split complementary

  1. #00a3fd
  2. #fd0025
  3. #fdd800

Analogous

  1. #00fdd8
  2. #00a3fd
  3. #0025fd

Triadic

  1. #00a3fd
  2. #fd00a3
  3. #a3fd00

Tetradic

  1. #00a3fd
  2. #5a00fd
  3. #fd5a00
  4. #a3fd00

Square

  1. #00a3fd
  2. #d800fd
  3. #fd5a00
  4. #25fd00

Monochromatic

  1. #004064
  2. #0072b1
  3. #00a3fd
  4. #4bbfff
  5. #97daff

Shades

#00a3fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3fd
  2. #0093e4
  3. #0082ca
  4. #0072b1
  5. #006298
  6. #00527f
  7. #004165
  8. #00314c
  9. #002133
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3fd
  2. #1aacfd
  3. #33b5fd
  4. #4dbffe
  5. #66c8fe
  6. #80d1fe
  7. #99dafe
  8. #b3e3fe
  9. #ccedff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3fd
  2. #0da0f1
  3. #1a9ce4
  4. #2699d8
  5. #3395cb
  6. #4092bf
  7. #4d8eb2
  8. #5a8ba6
  9. #668799
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5593fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5da5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #429afc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3fd {
  color: #00a3fd;
}
Background
.bg-00a3fd {
  background-color: #00a3fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3fd {
  border: 2px solid #00a3fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3fd, #0025fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.13 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.63 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.89 #ff5c02 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3fd  rgb(0, 163, 253)  hsl(201, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fd5a00  rgb(253, 90, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fd00a3  rgb(253, 0, 163)  hsl(321, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a3fd00  rgb(163, 253, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud