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#00A4EE

#00a4ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4ee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 31.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 198.66°, with 100% saturation and 46.67% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3272

Complementary

  1. #00a4ee
  2. #ee4a00

Split complementary

  1. #00a4ee
  2. #ee002d
  3. #eec100

Analogous

  1. #00eec1
  2. #00a4ee
  3. #002dee

Triadic

  1. #00a4ee
  2. #ee00a4
  3. #a4ee00

Tetradic

  1. #00a4ee
  2. #4a00ee
  3. #ee4a00
  4. #a4ee00

Square

  1. #00a4ee
  2. #c100ee
  3. #ee4a00
  4. #2dee00

Monochromatic

  1. #003b55
  2. #006fa2
  3. #00a4ee
  4. #3cc2ff
  5. #88daff

Shades

#00a4ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4ee
  2. #0094d6
  3. #0083be
  4. #0073a7
  5. #00628f
  6. #005277
  7. #00425f
  8. #003147
  9. #002130
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4ee
  2. #1aadf0
  3. #33b6f1
  4. #4dbff3
  5. #66c8f5
  6. #80d2f7
  7. #99dbf8
  8. #b3e4fa
  9. #ccedfc
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4ee
  2. #0da0e3
  3. #1a9dd8
  4. #2699cd
  5. #3396c2
  6. #4092b7
  7. #4d8eac
  8. #5a8ba1
  9. #668796
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6393ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a5f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d9aed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4ee {
  color: #00a4ee;
}
Background
.bg-00a4ee {
  background-color: #00a4ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4ee {
  border: 2px solid #00a4ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4ee, #002dee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.19 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.62 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.48 #ff5b11 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4ee  rgb(0, 164, 238)  hsl(199, 100%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#ee4a00  rgb(238, 74, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 47%)  Tangelo
#ee00a4  rgb(238, 0, 164)  hsl(319, 100%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#a4ee00  rgb(164, 238, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 47%)  Spring Bud