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#00A4DA

#00a4da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 64.31% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 24.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 194.86°, with 100% saturation and 42.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.3.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3161

Complementary

  1. #00a4da
  2. #da3600

Split complementary

  1. #00a4da
  2. #da0037
  3. #daa300

Analogous

  1. #00daa3
  2. #00a4da
  3. #0037da

Triadic

  1. #00a4da
  2. #da00a4
  3. #a4da00

Tetradic

  1. #00a4da
  2. #3600da
  3. #da3600
  4. #a4da00

Square

  1. #00a4da
  2. #a300da
  3. #da3600
  4. #37da00

Monochromatic

  1. #003141
  2. #006a8e
  3. #00a4da
  4. #28caff
  5. #74ddff

Shades

#00a4da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4da
  2. #0094c4
  3. #0083ae
  4. #007399
  5. #006283
  6. #00526d
  7. #004257
  8. #003141
  9. #00212c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4da
  2. #1aadde
  3. #33b6e1
  4. #4dbfe5
  5. #66c8e9
  6. #80d2ed
  7. #99dbf0
  8. #b3e4f4
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4da
  2. #0da0d1
  3. #1a9dc8
  4. #2699bf
  5. #3396b6
  6. #4092ad
  7. #4d8ea4
  8. #5a8b9b
  9. #668792
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799db6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a2dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f91d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba3dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5799da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4da {
  color: #00a4da;
}
Background
.bg-00a4da {
  background-color: #00a4da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4da {
  border: 2px solid #00a4da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4da, #0037da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.65 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.41 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.85 #ff5b25 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4da  rgb(0, 164, 218)  hsl(195, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#da3600  rgb(218, 54, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#da00a4  rgb(218, 0, 164)  hsl(315, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a4da00  rgb(164, 218, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green