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#00A4FC

#00a4fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 34.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 200.95°, with 100% saturation and 49.41% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3358

Complementary

  1. #00a4fc
  2. #fc5800

Split complementary

  1. #00a4fc
  2. #fc0026
  3. #fcd600

Analogous

  1. #00fcd6
  2. #00a4fc
  3. #0026fc

Triadic

  1. #00a4fc
  2. #fc00a4
  3. #a4fc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a4fc
  2. #5800fc
  3. #fc5800
  4. #a4fc00

Square

  1. #00a4fc
  2. #d600fc
  3. #fc5800
  4. #26fc00

Monochromatic

  1. #004063
  2. #0072af
  3. #00a4fc
  4. #49c0ff
  5. #96daff

Shades

#00a4fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4fc
  2. #0094e3
  3. #0083ca
  4. #0073b0
  5. #006297
  6. #00527e
  7. #004265
  8. #00314c
  9. #002132
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4fc
  2. #1aadfc
  3. #33b6fd
  4. #4dbffd
  5. #66c8fd
  6. #80d2fe
  7. #99dbfe
  8. #b3e4fe
  9. #ccedfe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4fc
  2. #0da0f0
  3. #1a9de3
  4. #2699d7
  5. #3396ca
  6. #4092be
  7. #4d8eb2
  8. #5a8ba5
  9. #668799
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca0ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5894fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5fa6fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #449bfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4fc {
  color: #00a4fc;
}
Background
.bg-00a4fc {
  background-color: #00a4fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4fc {
  border: 2px solid #00a4fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4fc, #0026fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.67 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.49 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.66 #ff5b03 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4fc  rgb(0, 164, 252)  hsl(201, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fc5800  rgb(252, 88, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fc00a4  rgb(252, 0, 164)  hsl(321, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a4fc00  rgb(164, 252, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud