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#00A4EB

#00a4eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4eb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 30.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 198.13°, with 100% saturation and 46.08% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.29.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3255

Complementary

  1. #00a4eb
  2. #eb4700

Split complementary

  1. #00a4eb
  2. #eb002e
  3. #ebbd00

Analogous

  1. #00ebbd
  2. #00a4eb
  3. #002eeb

Triadic

  1. #00a4eb
  2. #eb00a4
  3. #a4eb00

Tetradic

  1. #00a4eb
  2. #4700eb
  3. #eb4700
  4. #a4eb00

Square

  1. #00a4eb
  2. #bd00eb
  3. #eb4700
  4. #2eeb00

Monochromatic

  1. #003952
  2. #006f9f
  3. #00a4eb
  4. #39c3ff
  5. #85daff

Shades

#00a4eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4eb
  2. #0094d4
  3. #0083bc
  4. #0073a5
  5. #00628d
  6. #005276
  7. #00425e
  8. #003147
  9. #00212f
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4eb
  2. #1aaded
  3. #33b6ef
  4. #4dbff1
  5. #66c8f3
  6. #80d2f5
  7. #99dbf7
  8. #b3e4f9
  9. #ccedfb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4eb
  2. #0da0e0
  3. #1a9dd6
  4. #2699cb
  5. #3396c0
  6. #4092b6
  7. #4d8eab
  8. #5a8ba0
  9. #668795
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a5ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6592ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a4ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f9aea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4eb {
  color: #00a4eb;
}
Background
.bg-00a4eb {
  background-color: #00a4eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4eb {
  border: 2px solid #00a4eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4eb, #002eeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.74 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.18 #ff5b14 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4eb  rgb(0, 164, 235)  hsl(198, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#eb4700  rgb(235, 71, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 46%)  Flame
#eb00a4  rgb(235, 0, 164)  hsl(318, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a4eb00  rgb(164, 235, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud