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#00A6DA

#00a6da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6da 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 194.31°, with 100% saturation and 42.75% 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 7.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.77.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3233

Complementary

  1. #00a6da
  2. #da3400

Split complementary

  1. #00a6da
  2. #da0039
  3. #daa100

Analogous

  1. #00daa1
  2. #00a6da
  3. #0039da

Triadic

  1. #00a6da
  2. #da00a6
  3. #a6da00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6da
  2. #3400da
  3. #da3400
  4. #a6da00

Square

  1. #00a6da
  2. #a100da
  3. #da3400
  4. #39da00

Monochromatic

  1. #003241
  2. #006c8e
  3. #00a6da
  4. #28ccff
  5. #74deff

Shades

#00a6da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6da
  2. #0095c4
  3. #0085ae
  4. #007499
  5. #006483
  6. #00536d
  7. #004257
  8. #003241
  9. #00212c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6da
  2. #1aafde
  3. #33b8e1
  4. #4dc1e5
  5. #66cae9
  6. #80d3ed
  7. #99dbf0
  8. #b3e4f4
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6da
  2. #0da2d1
  3. #1a9ec8
  4. #269bbf
  5. #3397b6
  6. #4093ad
  7. #4d8fa4
  8. #5a8b9b
  9. #668892
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba4dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7293d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea5db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599bda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6da {
  color: #00a6da;
}
Background
.bg-00a6da {
  background-color: #00a6da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6da {
  border: 2px solid #00a6da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6da, #0039da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.77 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.35 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.66 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.22 #ff5925 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6da  rgb(0, 166, 218)  hsl(194, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#da3400  rgb(218, 52, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#da00a6  rgb(218, 0, 166)  hsl(314, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6da00  rgb(166, 218, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green