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#00A6FB

#00a6fb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6fb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 200.32°, with 100% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.01.

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Relative luminance0.3424

Complementary

  1. #00a6fb
  2. #fb5500

Split complementary

  1. #00a6fb
  2. #fb0028
  3. #fbd300

Analogous

  1. #00fbd3
  2. #00a6fb
  3. #0028fb

Triadic

  1. #00a6fb
  2. #fb00a6
  3. #a6fb00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6fb
  2. #5500fb
  3. #fb5500
  4. #a6fb00

Square

  1. #00a6fb
  2. #d300fb
  3. #fb5500
  4. #28fb00

Monochromatic

  1. #004162
  2. #0073af
  3. #00a6fb
  4. #49c1ff
  5. #95dbff

Shades

#00a6fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6fb
  2. #0095e2
  3. #0085c9
  4. #0074b0
  5. #006497
  6. #00537e
  7. #004264
  8. #00324b
  9. #002132
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6fb
  2. #1aaffb
  3. #33b8fc
  4. #4dc1fc
  5. #66cafd
  6. #80d3fd
  7. #99dbfd
  8. #b3e4fe
  9. #ccedfe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6fb
  2. #0da2ef
  3. #1a9ee2
  4. #269bd6
  5. #3397ca
  6. #4093be
  7. #4d8fb1
  8. #5a8ba5
  9. #668899
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da1ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d95f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a8fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #489cfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6fb {
  color: #00a6fb;
}
Background
.bg-00a6fb {
  background-color: #00a6fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6fb {
  border: 2px solid #00a6fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6fb, #0028fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.23 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.14 #ff5904 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6fb  rgb(0, 166, 251)  hsl(200, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fb5500  rgb(251, 85, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fb00a6  rgb(251, 0, 166)  hsl(320, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a6fb00  rgb(166, 251, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud