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#00A4FA

#00a4fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 200.64°, with 100% saturation and 49.02% 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.85.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3345

Complementary

  1. #00a4fa
  2. #fa5600

Split complementary

  1. #00a4fa
  2. #fa0027
  3. #fad300

Analogous

  1. #00fad3
  2. #00a4fa
  3. #0027fa

Triadic

  1. #00a4fa
  2. #fa00a4
  3. #a4fa00

Tetradic

  1. #00a4fa
  2. #5600fa
  3. #fa5600
  4. #a4fa00

Square

  1. #00a4fa
  2. #d300fa
  3. #fa5600
  4. #27fa00

Monochromatic

  1. #004061
  2. #0072ae
  3. #00a4fa
  4. #48c0ff
  5. #94daff

Shades

#00a4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4fa
  2. #0094e1
  3. #0083c8
  4. #0073af
  5. #006296
  6. #00527d
  7. #004264
  8. #00314b
  9. #002132
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4fa
  2. #1aadfb
  3. #33b6fb
  4. #4dbffc
  5. #66c8fc
  6. #80d2fd
  7. #99dbfd
  8. #b3e4fe
  9. #ccedfe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4fa
  2. #0da0ee
  3. #1a9de2
  4. #2699d5
  5. #3396c9
  6. #4092bd
  7. #4d8eb1
  8. #5a8ba5
  9. #668798
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca0c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa7fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a94f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #469bf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4fa {
  color: #00a4fa;
}
Background
.bg-00a4fa {
  background-color: #00a4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4fa {
  border: 2px solid #00a4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4fa, #0027fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.46 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.63 #ff5b05 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4fa  rgb(0, 164, 250)  hsl(201, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fa5600  rgb(250, 86, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fa00a4  rgb(250, 0, 164)  hsl(321, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a4fa00  rgb(164, 250, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud