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#00A6DD

#00a6dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6dd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 24.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 194.93°, with 100% saturation and 43.33% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.37.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3249

Complementary

  1. #00a6dd
  2. #dd3700

Split complementary

  1. #00a6dd
  2. #dd0038
  3. #dda500

Analogous

  1. #00dda5
  2. #00a6dd
  3. #0038dd

Triadic

  1. #00a6dd
  2. #dd00a6
  3. #a6dd00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6dd
  2. #3700dd
  3. #dd3700
  4. #a6dd00

Square

  1. #00a6dd
  2. #a500dd
  3. #dd3700
  4. #38dd00

Monochromatic

  1. #003344
  2. #006d90
  3. #00a6dd
  4. #2acaff
  5. #77ddff

Shades

#00a6dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6dd
  2. #0095c7
  3. #0085b1
  4. #00749b
  5. #006485
  6. #00536f
  7. #004258
  8. #003242
  9. #00212c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6dd
  2. #1aafe0
  3. #33b8e4
  4. #4dc1e7
  5. #66caeb
  6. #80d3ee
  7. #99dbf1
  8. #b3e4f5
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6dd
  2. #0da2d4
  3. #1a9eca
  4. #269bc1
  5. #3397b8
  6. #4093af
  7. #4d8fa5
  8. #5a8b9c
  9. #668893
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa4e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7093dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da5df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589bdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6dd {
  color: #00a6dd;
}
Background
.bg-00a6dd {
  background-color: #00a6dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6dd {
  border: 2px solid #00a6dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6dd, #0038dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.05 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.32 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.29 #ff5922 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6dd  rgb(0, 166, 221)  hsl(195, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dd3700  rgb(221, 55, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dd00a6  rgb(221, 0, 166)  hsl(315, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6dd00  rgb(166, 221, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green