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#00A6F5

#00a6f5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6f5 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 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 32.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 199.35°, with 100% saturation and 48.04% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.72.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3387

Complementary

  1. #00a6f5
  2. #f54f00

Split complementary

  1. #00a6f5
  2. #f5002b
  3. #f5ca00

Analogous

  1. #00f5ca
  2. #00a6f5
  3. #002bf5

Triadic

  1. #00a6f5
  2. #f500a6
  3. #a6f500

Tetradic

  1. #00a6f5
  2. #4f00f5
  3. #f54f00
  4. #a6f500

Square

  1. #00a6f5
  2. #ca00f5
  3. #f54f00
  4. #2bf500

Monochromatic

  1. #003e5c
  2. #0072a9
  3. #00a6f5
  4. #43c2ff
  5. #8fdbff

Shades

#00a6f5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6f5
  2. #0095dd
  3. #0085c4
  4. #0074ac
  5. #006493
  6. #00537b
  7. #004262
  8. #00324a
  9. #002131
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6f5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6f5
  2. #1aaff6
  3. #33b8f7
  4. #4dc1f8
  5. #66caf9
  6. #80d3fa
  7. #99dbfb
  8. #b3e4fc
  9. #ccedfd
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6f5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6f5
  2. #0da2e9
  3. #1a9ede
  4. #269bd2
  5. #3397c6
  6. #4093bb
  7. #4d8faf
  8. #5a8ba3
  9. #668897
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a8f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6195f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a7f7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c9cf4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6f5 {
  color: #00a6f5;
}
Background
.bg-00a6f5 {
  background-color: #00a6f5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6f5 {
  border: 2px solid #00a6f5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6f5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6f5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6f5, #002bf5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6f5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 245 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.59 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.61 #ff590a Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6f5  rgb(0, 166, 245)  hsl(199, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f54f00  rgb(245, 79, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f500a6  rgb(245, 0, 166)  hsl(319, 100%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a6f500  rgb(166, 245, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud