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#00A5E9

#00a5e9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a5e9 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 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 197.51°, with 100% saturation and 45.69% 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 7.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3279

Complementary

  1. #00a5e9
  2. #e94400

Split complementary

  1. #00a5e9
  2. #e90031
  3. #e9b900

Analogous

  1. #00e9b9
  2. #00a5e9
  3. #0031e9

Triadic

  1. #00a5e9
  2. #e900a5
  3. #a5e900

Tetradic

  1. #00a5e9
  2. #4400e9
  3. #e94400
  4. #a5e900

Square

  1. #00a5e9
  2. #b900e9
  3. #e94400
  4. #31e900

Monochromatic

  1. #003950
  2. #006f9d
  3. #00a5e9
  4. #37c4ff
  5. #83dbff

Shades

#00a5e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a5e9
  2. #0095d2
  3. #0084ba
  4. #0074a3
  5. #00638c
  6. #005375
  7. #00425d
  8. #003246
  9. #00212f
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a5e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a5e9
  2. #1aaeeb
  3. #33b7ed
  4. #4dc0f0
  5. #66c9f2
  6. #80d2f4
  7. #99dbf6
  8. #b3e4f8
  9. #ccedfb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a5e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a5e9
  2. #0da1df
  3. #1a9ed4
  4. #269aca
  5. #3396bf
  6. #4093b5
  7. #4d8faa
  8. #5a8ba0
  9. #668795
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a5ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6893e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a5eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #519be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a5e9 {
  color: #00a5e9;
}
Background
.bg-00a5e9 {
  background-color: #00a5e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a5e9 {
  border: 2px solid #00a5e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a5e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 165 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a5e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a5e9, #0031e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a5e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 165 233 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.33 #ff5a16 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a5e9  rgb(0, 165, 233)  hsl(198, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#e94400  rgb(233, 68, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 46%)  Flame
#e900a5  rgb(233, 0, 165)  hsl(318, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a5e900  rgb(165, 233, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud