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#00A5D5

#00a5d5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a5d5 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 64.71% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 22.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 193.52°, with 100% saturation and 41.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.33.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3171

Complementary

  1. #00a5d5
  2. #d53000

Split complementary

  1. #00a5d5
  2. #d5003a
  3. #d59a00

Analogous

  1. #00d59a
  2. #00a5d5
  3. #003ad5

Triadic

  1. #00a5d5
  2. #d500a5
  3. #a5d500

Tetradic

  1. #00a5d5
  2. #3000d5
  3. #d53000
  4. #a5d500

Square

  1. #00a5d5
  2. #9a00d5
  3. #d53000
  4. #3ad500

Monochromatic

  1. #002e3c
  2. #006a88
  3. #00a5d5
  4. #22cdff
  5. #6fdfff

Shades

#00a5d5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a5d5
  2. #0095c0
  3. #0084aa
  4. #007495
  5. #006380
  6. #00536b
  7. #004255
  8. #003240
  9. #00212b
  10. #001115
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a5d5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a5d5
  2. #1aaed9
  3. #33b7dd
  4. #4dc0e2
  5. #66c9e6
  6. #80d2ea
  7. #99dbee
  8. #b3e4f2
  9. #ccedf7
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a5d5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a5d5
  2. #0da1cd
  3. #1a9ec4
  4. #269abc
  5. #3396b3
  6. #4093ab
  7. #4d8fa2
  8. #5a8b9a
  9. #668791
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799eb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba2d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7391d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea3d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9ad5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a5d5 {
  color: #00a5d5;
}
Background
.bg-00a5d5 {
  background-color: #00a5d5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a5d5 {
  border: 2px solid #00a5d5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a5d5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 165 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a5d5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a5d5, #003ad5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a5d5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 165 213 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.33 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.62 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.77 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.38 #ff5a2a Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a5d5  rgb(0, 165, 213)  hsl(194, 100%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#d53000  rgb(213, 48, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d500a5  rgb(213, 0, 165)  hsl(314, 100%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#a5d500  rgb(165, 213, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 42%)  Yellow Green