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#00A5E2

#00a5e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a5e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 196.19°, with 100% saturation and 44.31% 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 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.324

Complementary

  1. #00a5e2
  2. #e23d00

Split complementary

  1. #00a5e2
  2. #e20034
  3. #e2ae00

Analogous

  1. #00e2ae
  2. #00a5e2
  3. #0034e2

Triadic

  1. #00a5e2
  2. #e200a5
  3. #a5e200

Tetradic

  1. #00a5e2
  2. #3d00e2
  3. #e23d00
  4. #a5e200

Square

  1. #00a5e2
  2. #ae00e2
  3. #e23d00
  4. #34e200

Monochromatic

  1. #003549
  2. #006d95
  3. #00a5e2
  4. #2fc7ff
  5. #7cdcff

Shades

#00a5e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a5e2
  2. #0095cb
  3. #0084b5
  4. #00749e
  5. #006388
  6. #005371
  7. #00425a
  8. #003244
  9. #00212d
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a5e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a5e2
  2. #1aaee5
  3. #33b7e8
  4. #4dc0eb
  5. #66c9ee
  6. #80d2f1
  7. #99dbf3
  8. #b3e4f6
  9. #ccedf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a5e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a5e2
  2. #0da1d8
  3. #1a9ece
  4. #269ac5
  5. #3396bb
  6. #4093b1
  7. #4d8fa7
  8. #5a8b9d
  9. #668794
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a4e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c92e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa4e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #559ae1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a5e2 {
  color: #00a5e2;
}
Background
.bg-00a5e2 {
  background-color: #00a5e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a5e2 {
  border: 2px solid #00a5e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a5e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 165 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a5e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a5e2, #0034e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a5e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 165 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.69 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.06 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.25 #ff5a1d Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a5e2  rgb(0, 165, 226)  hsl(196, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e23d00  rgb(226, 61, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#e200a5  rgb(226, 0, 165)  hsl(316, 100%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#a5e200  rgb(165, 226, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 44%)  Inchworm