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#00A5E8

#00a5e8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a5e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 28.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 197.33°, with 100% saturation and 45.49% 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 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3274

Complementary

  1. #00a5e8
  2. #e84300

Split complementary

  1. #00a5e8
  2. #e80031
  3. #e8b700

Analogous

  1. #00e8b7
  2. #00a5e8
  3. #0031e8

Triadic

  1. #00a5e8
  2. #e800a5
  3. #a5e800

Tetradic

  1. #00a5e8
  2. #4300e8
  3. #e84300
  4. #a5e800

Square

  1. #00a5e8
  2. #b700e8
  3. #e84300
  4. #31e800

Monochromatic

  1. #00384f
  2. #006f9b
  3. #00a5e8
  4. #35c5ff
  5. #82dbff

Shades

#00a5e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a5e8
  2. #0095d1
  3. #0084ba
  4. #0074a2
  5. #00638b
  6. #005374
  7. #00425d
  8. #003246
  9. #00212e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a5e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a5e8
  2. #1aaeea
  3. #33b7ed
  4. #4dc0ef
  5. #66c9f1
  6. #80d2f4
  7. #99dbf6
  8. #b3e4f8
  9. #ccedfa
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a5e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a5e8
  2. #0da1de
  3. #1a9ed3
  4. #269ac9
  5. #3396be
  6. #4093b4
  7. #4d8faa
  8. #5a8b9f
  9. #668795
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a5eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6993e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a5ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #529ae7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a5e8 {
  color: #00a5e8;
}
Background
.bg-00a5e8 {
  background-color: #00a5e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a5e8 {
  border: 2px solid #00a5e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a5e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 165 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a5e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a5e8, #0031e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a5e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 165 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.65 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.34 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.45 #ff5a17 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a5e8  rgb(0, 165, 232)  hsl(197, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e84300  rgb(232, 67, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e800a5  rgb(232, 0, 165)  hsl(317, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a5e800  rgb(165, 232, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud