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#00A6F8

#00a6f8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6f8 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 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 199.84°, with 100% saturation and 48.63% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3405

Complementary

  1. #00a6f8
  2. #f85200

Split complementary

  1. #00a6f8
  2. #f8002a
  3. #f8ce00

Analogous

  1. #00f8ce
  2. #00a6f8
  3. #002af8

Triadic

  1. #00a6f8
  2. #f800a6
  3. #a6f800

Tetradic

  1. #00a6f8
  2. #5200f8
  3. #f85200
  4. #a6f800

Square

  1. #00a6f8
  2. #ce00f8
  3. #f85200
  4. #2af800

Monochromatic

  1. #00405f
  2. #0073ac
  3. #00a6f8
  4. #46c2ff
  5. #92dbff

Shades

#00a6f8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6f8
  2. #0095df
  3. #0085c6
  4. #0074ae
  5. #006495
  6. #00537c
  7. #004263
  8. #00324a
  9. #002132
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6f8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6f8
  2. #1aaff9
  3. #33b8f9
  4. #4dc1fa
  5. #66cafb
  6. #80d3fc
  7. #99dbfc
  8. #b3e4fd
  9. #ccedfe
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6f8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6f8
  2. #0da2ec
  3. #1a9ee0
  4. #269bd4
  5. #3397c8
  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 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da1c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea8fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f95f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #63a7fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a9cf7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6f8 {
  color: #00a6f8;
}
Background
.bg-00a6f8 {
  background-color: #00a6f8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6f8 {
  border: 2px solid #00a6f8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6f8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6f8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6f8, #002af8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6f8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 248 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.13 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.52 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.97 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.36 #ff5907 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6f8  rgb(0, 166, 248)  hsl(200, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#f85200  rgb(248, 82, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 49%)  Tangelo
#f800a6  rgb(248, 0, 166)  hsl(320, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a6f800  rgb(166, 248, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud