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#00A6F7

#00a6f7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6f7 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 96.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 32.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.14% black. Its hue angle is 199.68°, with 100% saturation and 48.43% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.81.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3399

Complementary

  1. #00a6f7
  2. #f75100

Split complementary

  1. #00a6f7
  2. #f7002a
  3. #f7cd00

Analogous

  1. #00f7cd
  2. #00a6f7
  3. #002af7

Triadic

  1. #00a6f7
  2. #f700a6
  3. #a6f700

Tetradic

  1. #00a6f7
  2. #5100f7
  3. #f75100
  4. #a6f700

Square

  1. #00a6f7
  2. #cd00f7
  3. #f75100
  4. #2af700

Monochromatic

  1. #003f5e
  2. #0073aa
  3. #00a6f7
  4. #44c2ff
  5. #91dbff

Shades

#00a6f7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6f7
  2. #0095de
  3. #0085c6
  4. #0074ad
  5. #006494
  6. #00537c
  7. #004263
  8. #00324a
  9. #002131
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6f7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6f7
  2. #1aaff8
  3. #33b8f9
  4. #4dc1f9
  5. #66cafa
  6. #80d3fb
  7. #99dbfc
  8. #b3e4fd
  9. #ccedfd
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6f7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6f7
  2. #0da2eb
  3. #1a9edf
  4. #269bd3
  5. #3397c7
  6. #4093bc
  7. #4d8fb0
  8. #5a8ba4
  9. #668898
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da1c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa8fa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6095f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a7f9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b9cf6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6f7 {
  color: #00a6f7;
}
Background
.bg-00a6f7 {
  background-color: #00a6f7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6f7 {
  border: 2px solid #00a6f7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6f7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 247;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6f7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6f7, #002af7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6f7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 247 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.14 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.82 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.46 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.44 #ff5908 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6f7  rgb(0, 166, 247)  hsl(200, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f75100  rgb(247, 81, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f700a6  rgb(247, 0, 166)  hsl(320, 100%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a6f700  rgb(166, 247, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud