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#00A6D7

#00a6d7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6d7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.1% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 22.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 193.67°, with 100% saturation and 42.16% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.25.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3218

Complementary

  1. #00a6d7
  2. #d73100

Split complementary

  1. #00a6d7
  2. #d7003b
  3. #d79c00

Analogous

  1. #00d79c
  2. #00a6d7
  3. #003bd7

Triadic

  1. #00a6d7
  2. #d700a6
  3. #a6d700

Tetradic

  1. #00a6d7
  2. #3100d7
  3. #d73100
  4. #a6d700

Square

  1. #00a6d7
  2. #9c00d7
  3. #d73100
  4. #3bd700

Monochromatic

  1. #00303e
  2. #006b8b
  3. #00a6d7
  4. #25cdff
  5. #71dfff

Shades

#00a6d7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6d7
  2. #0095c2
  3. #0085ac
  4. #007497
  5. #006481
  6. #00536c
  7. #004256
  8. #003241
  9. #00212b
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6d7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6d7
  2. #1aafdb
  3. #33b8df
  4. #4dc1e3
  5. #66cae7
  6. #80d3eb
  7. #99dbef
  8. #b3e4f3
  9. #ccedf7
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6d7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6d7
  2. #0da2ce
  3. #1a9ec6
  4. #269bbd
  5. #3397b4
  6. #4093ac
  7. #4d8fa3
  8. #5a8b9a
  9. #668891
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca3d9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7492d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea4d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9bd7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6d7 {
  color: #00a6d7;
}
Background
.bg-00a6d7 {
  background-color: #00a6d7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6d7 {
  border: 2px solid #00a6d7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6d7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6d7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6d7, #003bd7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6d7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 215 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.25 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.02 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.65 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.05 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.18 #ff5928 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6d7  rgb(0, 166, 215)  hsl(194, 100%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#d73100  rgb(215, 49, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d700a6  rgb(215, 0, 166)  hsl(314, 100%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6d700  rgb(166, 215, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 42%)  Yellow Green