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#00A6ED

#00a6ed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 197.97°, with 100% saturation and 46.47% 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 7.68:1 (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 luminance0.3339

Complementary

  1. #00a6ed
  2. #ed4700

Split complementary

  1. #00a6ed
  2. #ed0030
  3. #edbd00

Analogous

  1. #00edbd
  2. #00a6ed
  3. #0030ed

Triadic

  1. #00a6ed
  2. #ed00a6
  3. #a6ed00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6ed
  2. #4700ed
  3. #ed4700
  4. #a6ed00

Square

  1. #00a6ed
  2. #bd00ed
  3. #ed4700
  4. #30ed00

Monochromatic

  1. #003b54
  2. #0070a0
  3. #00a6ed
  4. #3ac4ff
  5. #87dbff

Shades

#00a6ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6ed
  2. #0095d5
  3. #0085be
  4. #0074a6
  5. #00648e
  6. #005377
  7. #00425f
  8. #003247
  9. #00212f
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6ed
  2. #1aafef
  3. #33b8f1
  4. #4dc1f2
  5. #66caf4
  6. #80d3f6
  7. #99dbf8
  8. #b3e4fa
  9. #ccedfb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6ed
  2. #0da2e2
  3. #1a9ed7
  4. #269bcc
  5. #3397c1
  6. #4093b7
  7. #4d8fac
  8. #5a8ba1
  9. #668896
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca0c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a6f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6794ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a6ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #509cec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6ed {
  color: #00a6ed;
}
Background
.bg-00a6ed {
  background-color: #00a6ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6ed {
  border: 2px solid #00a6ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6ed, #0030ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.24 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.99 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.08 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.27 #ff5912 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6ed  rgb(0, 166, 237)  hsl(198, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ed4700  rgb(237, 71, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 46%)  Tangelo
#ed00a6  rgb(237, 0, 166)  hsl(318, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a6ed00  rgb(166, 237, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud