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#00A5DF

#00a5df ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a5df is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 64.71% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 195.61°, with 100% saturation and 43.73% 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 7.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.94.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3224

Complementary

  1. #00a5df
  2. #df3a00

Split complementary

  1. #00a5df
  2. #df0035
  3. #dfaa00

Analogous

  1. #00dfaa
  2. #00a5df
  3. #0035df

Triadic

  1. #00a5df
  2. #df00a5
  3. #a5df00

Tetradic

  1. #00a5df
  2. #3a00df
  3. #df3a00
  4. #a5df00

Square

  1. #00a5df
  2. #aa00df
  3. #df3a00
  4. #35df00

Monochromatic

  1. #003446
  2. #006c93
  3. #00a5df
  4. #2dc8ff
  5. #79dcff

Shades

#00a5df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a5df
  2. #0095c9
  3. #0084b2
  4. #00749c
  5. #006386
  6. #005370
  7. #004259
  8. #003243
  9. #00212d
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a5df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a5df
  2. #1aaee2
  3. #33b7e5
  4. #4dc0e9
  5. #66c9ec
  6. #80d2ef
  7. #99dbf2
  8. #b3e4f5
  9. #ccedf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a5df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a5df
  2. #0da1d6
  3. #1a9ecc
  4. #269ac3
  5. #3396b9
  6. #4093b0
  7. #4d8fa6
  8. #5a8b9d
  9. #668793
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9eba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a4e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e92de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba4e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569ade ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a5df {
  color: #00a5df;
}
Background
.bg-00a5df {
  background-color: #00a5df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a5df {
  border: 2px solid #00a5df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a5df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 165 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a5df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a5df, #0035df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a5df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 165 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.82 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.16 #ff5a20 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a5df  rgb(0, 165, 223)  hsl(196, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#df3a00  rgb(223, 58, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#df00a5  rgb(223, 0, 165)  hsl(316, 100%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a5df00  rgb(165, 223, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green