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#00A6EC

#00a6ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6ec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 197.8°, with 100% saturation and 46.27% 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 7.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.52.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3333

Complementary

  1. #00a6ec
  2. #ec4600

Split complementary

  1. #00a6ec
  2. #ec0030
  3. #ecbc00

Analogous

  1. #00ecbc
  2. #00a6ec
  3. #0030ec

Triadic

  1. #00a6ec
  2. #ec00a6
  3. #a6ec00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6ec
  2. #4600ec
  3. #ec4600
  4. #a6ec00

Square

  1. #00a6ec
  2. #bc00ec
  3. #ec4600
  4. #30ec00

Monochromatic

  1. #003a53
  2. #00709f
  3. #00a6ec
  4. #39c4ff
  5. #86dbff

Shades

#00a6ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6ec
  2. #0095d4
  3. #0085bd
  4. #0074a5
  5. #00648e
  6. #005376
  7. #00425e
  8. #003247
  9. #00212f
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6ec
  2. #1aafee
  3. #33b8f0
  4. #4dc1f2
  5. #66caf4
  6. #80d3f6
  7. #99dbf7
  8. #b3e4f9
  9. #ccedfb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6ec
  2. #0da2e1
  3. #1a9ed6
  4. #269bcc
  5. #3397c1
  6. #4093b6
  7. #4d8fab
  8. #5a8ba0
  9. #668896
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a6ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6794eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a6ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #519ceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6ec {
  color: #00a6ec;
}
Background
.bg-00a6ec {
  background-color: #00a6ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6ec {
  border: 2px solid #00a6ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6ec, #0030ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.28 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.98 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.37 #ff5913 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6ec  rgb(0, 166, 236)  hsl(198, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ec4600  rgb(236, 70, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 46%)  Tangelo
#ec00a6  rgb(236, 0, 166)  hsl(318, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a6ec00  rgb(166, 236, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud