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#00A5E5

#00a5e5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a5e5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 27.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 196.77°, with 100% saturation and 44.9% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.52.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3257

Complementary

  1. #00a5e5
  2. #e54000

Split complementary

  1. #00a5e5
  2. #e50032
  3. #e5b200

Analogous

  1. #00e5b2
  2. #00a5e5
  3. #0032e5

Triadic

  1. #00a5e5
  2. #e500a5
  3. #a5e500

Tetradic

  1. #00a5e5
  2. #4000e5
  3. #e54000
  4. #a5e500

Square

  1. #00a5e5
  2. #b200e5
  3. #e54000
  4. #32e500

Monochromatic

  1. #00374c
  2. #006e98
  3. #00a5e5
  4. #32c6ff
  5. #7fdbff

Shades

#00a5e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a5e5
  2. #0095ce
  3. #0084b7
  4. #0074a0
  5. #006389
  6. #005373
  7. #00425c
  8. #003245
  9. #00212e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a5e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a5e5
  2. #1aaee8
  3. #33b7ea
  4. #4dc0ed
  5. #66c9ef
  6. #80d2f2
  7. #99dbf5
  8. #b3e4f7
  9. #ccedfa
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a5e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a5e5
  2. #0da1db
  3. #1a9ed1
  4. #269ac7
  5. #3396bd
  6. #4093b3
  7. #4d8fa8
  8. #5a8b9e
  9. #668794
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a4e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a93e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a5e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539ae4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afcd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a5e5 {
  color: #00a5e5;
}
Background
.bg-00a5e5 {
  background-color: #00a5e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a5e5 {
  border: 2px solid #00a5e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a5e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 165 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a5e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a5e5, #0032e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a5e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 165 229 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.48 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.81 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.92 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.83 #ff5a1a Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a5e5  rgb(0, 165, 229)  hsl(197, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e54000  rgb(229, 64, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e500a5  rgb(229, 0, 165)  hsl(317, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a5e500  rgb(165, 229, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud