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#00A4DC

#00a4dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 64.31% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 195.27°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3172

Complementary

  1. #00a4dc
  2. #dc3800

Split complementary

  1. #00a4dc
  2. #dc0036
  3. #dca600

Analogous

  1. #00dca6
  2. #00a4dc
  3. #0036dc

Triadic

  1. #00a4dc
  2. #dc00a4
  3. #a4dc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a4dc
  2. #3800dc
  3. #dc3800
  4. #a4dc00

Square

  1. #00a4dc
  2. #a600dc
  3. #dc3800
  4. #36dc00

Monochromatic

  1. #003243
  2. #006b90
  3. #00a4dc
  4. #2ac9ff
  5. #76dcff

Shades

#00a4dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4dc
  2. #0094c6
  3. #0083b0
  4. #00739a
  5. #006284
  6. #00526e
  7. #004258
  8. #003142
  9. #00212c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4dc
  2. #1aade0
  3. #33b6e3
  4. #4dbfe7
  5. #66c8ea
  6. #80d2ee
  7. #99dbf1
  8. #b3e4f5
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4dc
  2. #0da0d3
  3. #1a9dca
  4. #2699c0
  5. #3396b7
  6. #4092ae
  7. #4d8ea5
  8. #5a8b9c
  9. #668792
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799db8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a2df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e91db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba3de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5699db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4dc {
  color: #00a4dc;
}
Background
.bg-00a4dc {
  background-color: #00a4dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4dc {
  border: 2px solid #00a4dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4dc, #0036dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.05 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.97 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.08 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.65 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.86 #ff5b23 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4dc  rgb(0, 164, 220)  hsl(195, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dc3800  rgb(220, 56, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dc00a4  rgb(220, 0, 164)  hsl(315, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a4dc00  rgb(164, 220, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green