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#00A3FF

#00a3ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 36.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 201.65°, with 100% saturation and 50% 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 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.12.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3341

Complementary

  1. #00a3ff
  2. #ff5c00

Split complementary

  1. #00a3ff
  2. #ff0023
  3. #ffdc00

Analogous

  1. #00ffdc
  2. #00a3ff
  3. #0023ff

Triadic

  1. #00a3ff
  2. #ff00a3
  3. #a3ff00

Tetradic

  1. #00a3ff
  2. #5c00ff
  3. #ff5c00
  4. #a3ff00

Square

  1. #00a3ff
  2. #dc00ff
  3. #ff5c00
  4. #23ff00

Monochromatic

  1. #004166
  2. #0072b3
  3. #00a3ff
  4. #4dbfff
  5. #99daff

Shades

#00a3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3ff
  2. #0093e6
  3. #0082cc
  4. #0072b3
  5. #006299
  6. #005280
  7. #004166
  8. #00314d
  9. #002133
  10. #00101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3ff
  2. #1aacff
  3. #33b5ff
  4. #4dbfff
  5. #66c8ff
  6. #80d1ff
  7. #99daff
  8. #b3e3ff
  9. #ccedff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3ff
  2. #0da0f2
  3. #1a9ce6
  4. #2699d9
  5. #3395cc
  6. #4092c0
  7. #4d8eb3
  8. #5a8ba6
  9. #668799
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9fcb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5393fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5da6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #419afe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3ff {
  color: #00a3ff;
}
Background
.bg-00a3ff {
  background-color: #00a3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3ff {
  border: 2px solid #00a3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3ff, #0023ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.01 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.62 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.73 #ff5c00 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3ff  rgb(0, 163, 255)  hsl(202, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5c00  rgb(255, 92, 0)  hsl(22, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#ff00a3  rgb(255, 0, 163)  hsl(322, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a3ff00  rgb(163, 255, 0)  hsl(82, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud