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#00A6D9

#00a6d9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6d9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 194.1°, with 100% saturation and 42.55% 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 7.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.92.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3228

Complementary

  1. #00a6d9
  2. #d93300

Split complementary

  1. #00a6d9
  2. #d9003a
  3. #d99f00

Analogous

  1. #00d99f
  2. #00a6d9
  3. #003ad9

Triadic

  1. #00a6d9
  2. #d900a6
  3. #a6d900

Tetradic

  1. #00a6d9
  2. #3300d9
  3. #d93300
  4. #a6d900

Square

  1. #00a6d9
  2. #9f00d9
  3. #d93300
  4. #3ad900

Monochromatic

  1. #003140
  2. #006b8d
  3. #00a6d9
  4. #27ccff
  5. #73deff

Shades

#00a6d9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6d9
  2. #0095c3
  3. #0085ae
  4. #007498
  5. #006482
  6. #00536d
  7. #004257
  8. #003241
  9. #00212b
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6d9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6d9
  2. #1aafdd
  3. #33b8e1
  4. #4dc1e4
  5. #66cae8
  6. #80d3ec
  7. #99dbf0
  8. #b3e4f4
  9. #ccedf7
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6d9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6d9
  2. #0da2d0
  3. #1a9ec7
  4. #269bbe
  5. #3397b5
  6. #4093ad
  7. #4d8fa4
  8. #5a8b9b
  9. #668892
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba3db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7392d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea4da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9bd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6d9 {
  color: #00a6d9;
}
Background
.bg-00a6d9 {
  background-color: #00a6d9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6d9 {
  border: 2px solid #00a6d9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6d9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6d9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6d9, #003ad9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6d9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 217 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.92 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.40 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.44 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.43 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.79 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.20 #ff5926 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6d9  rgb(0, 166, 217)  hsl(194, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#d93300  rgb(217, 51, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#d900a6  rgb(217, 0, 166)  hsl(314, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6d900  rgb(166, 217, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green