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#00A6E1

#00a6e1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6e1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.1% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 195.73°, with 100% saturation and 44.12% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3271

Complementary

  1. #00a6e1
  2. #e13b00

Split complementary

  1. #00a6e1
  2. #e10036
  3. #e1ab00

Analogous

  1. #00e1ab
  2. #00a6e1
  3. #0036e1

Triadic

  1. #00a6e1
  2. #e100a6
  3. #a6e100

Tetradic

  1. #00a6e1
  2. #3b00e1
  3. #e13b00
  4. #a6e100

Square

  1. #00a6e1
  2. #ab00e1
  3. #e13b00
  4. #36e100

Monochromatic

  1. #003548
  2. #006e95
  3. #00a6e1
  4. #2fc8ff
  5. #7bdcff

Shades

#00a6e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6e1
  2. #0095cb
  3. #0085b4
  4. #00749e
  5. #006487
  6. #005371
  7. #00425a
  8. #003244
  9. #00212d
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6e1
  2. #1aafe4
  3. #33b8e7
  4. #4dc1ea
  5. #66caed
  6. #80d3f0
  7. #99dbf3
  8. #b3e4f6
  9. #ccedf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6e1
  2. #0da2d7
  3. #1a9ece
  4. #269bc4
  5. #3397ba
  6. #4093b1
  7. #4d8fa7
  8. #5a8b9d
  9. #668893
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a5e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e93e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba5e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569be0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6e1 {
  color: #00a6e1;
}
Background
.bg-00a6e1 {
  background-color: #00a6e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6e1 {
  border: 2px solid #00a6e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6e1, #0036e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.76 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.79 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.01 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.95 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.43 #ff591e Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6e1  rgb(0, 166, 225)  hsl(196, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e13b00  rgb(225, 59, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#e100a6  rgb(225, 0, 166)  hsl(316, 100%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#a6e100  rgb(166, 225, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green