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#00A5FE

#00a5fe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a5fe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 35.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 201.02°, with 100% saturation and 49.8% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.12.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3407

Complementary

  1. #00a5fe
  2. #fe5900

Split complementary

  1. #00a5fe
  2. #fe0026
  3. #fed800

Analogous

  1. #00fed8
  2. #00a5fe
  3. #0026fe

Triadic

  1. #00a5fe
  2. #fe00a5
  3. #a5fe00

Tetradic

  1. #00a5fe
  2. #5900fe
  3. #fe5900
  4. #a5fe00

Square

  1. #00a5fe
  2. #d800fe
  3. #fe5900
  4. #26fe00

Monochromatic

  1. #004265
  2. #0073b1
  3. #00a5fe
  4. #4bc0ff
  5. #98dbff

Shades

#00a5fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a5fe
  2. #0095e5
  3. #0084cb
  4. #0074b2
  5. #006398
  6. #00537f
  7. #004266
  8. #00324c
  9. #002133
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a5fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a5fe
  2. #1aaefe
  3. #33b7fe
  4. #4dc0fe
  5. #66c9fe
  6. #80d2ff
  7. #99dbff
  8. #b3e4ff
  9. #ccedff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a5fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a5fe
  2. #0da1f1
  3. #1a9ee5
  4. #269ad8
  5. #3396cc
  6. #4093bf
  7. #4d8fb2
  8. #5a8ba6
  9. #668799
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da1cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5895fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #459cfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a5fe {
  color: #00a5fe;
}
Background
.bg-00a5fe {
  background-color: #00a5fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a5fe {
  border: 2px solid #00a5fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a5fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 165 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a5fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a5fe, #0026fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a5fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 165 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.86 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.76 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.64 #ff5a01 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a5fe  rgb(0, 165, 254)  hsl(201, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fe5900  rgb(254, 89, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fe00a5  rgb(254, 0, 165)  hsl(321, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a5fe00  rgb(165, 254, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud