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#00A4EC

#00a4ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4ec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 30.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 198.31°, with 100% saturation and 46.27% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3261

Complementary

  1. #00a4ec
  2. #ec4800

Split complementary

  1. #00a4ec
  2. #ec002e
  3. #ecbe00

Analogous

  1. #00ecbe
  2. #00a4ec
  3. #002eec

Triadic

  1. #00a4ec
  2. #ec00a4
  3. #a4ec00

Tetradic

  1. #00a4ec
  2. #4800ec
  3. #ec4800
  4. #a4ec00

Square

  1. #00a4ec
  2. #be00ec
  3. #ec4800
  4. #2eec00

Monochromatic

  1. #003a53
  2. #006f9f
  3. #00a4ec
  4. #39c3ff
  5. #86daff

Shades

#00a4ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4ec
  2. #0094d4
  3. #0083bd
  4. #0073a5
  5. #00628e
  6. #005276
  7. #00425e
  8. #003147
  9. #00212f
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4ec
  2. #1aadee
  3. #33b6f0
  4. #4dbff2
  5. #66c8f4
  6. #80d2f6
  7. #99dbf7
  8. #b3e4f9
  9. #ccedfb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4ec
  2. #0da0e1
  3. #1a9dd6
  4. #2699cc
  5. #3396c1
  6. #4092b6
  7. #4d8eab
  8. #5a8ba0
  9. #668796
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9ec1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a5ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6492eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a4ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e9aeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4ec {
  color: #00a4ec;
}
Background
.bg-00a4ec {
  background-color: #00a4ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4ec {
  border: 2px solid #00a4ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4ec, #002eec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.23 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.68 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.28 #ff5b13 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4ec  rgb(0, 164, 236)  hsl(198, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ec4800  rgb(236, 72, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 46%)  Tangelo
#ec00a4  rgb(236, 0, 164)  hsl(318, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a4ec00  rgb(164, 236, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud