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#00A6FC

#00a6fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 34.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 200.48°, with 100% saturation and 49.41% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.343

Complementary

  1. #00a6fc
  2. #fc5600

Split complementary

  1. #00a6fc
  2. #fc0028
  3. #fcd400

Analogous

  1. #00fcd4
  2. #00a6fc
  3. #0028fc

Triadic

  1. #00a6fc
  2. #fc00a6
  3. #a6fc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6fc
  2. #5600fc
  3. #fc5600
  4. #a6fc00

Square

  1. #00a6fc
  2. #d400fc
  3. #fc5600
  4. #28fc00

Monochromatic

  1. #004163
  2. #0074af
  3. #00a6fc
  4. #49c1ff
  5. #96dbff

Shades

#00a6fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6fc
  2. #0095e3
  3. #0085ca
  4. #0074b0
  5. #006497
  6. #00537e
  7. #004265
  8. #00324c
  9. #002132
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6fc
  2. #1aaffc
  3. #33b8fd
  4. #4dc1fd
  5. #66cafd
  6. #80d3fe
  7. #99dbfe
  8. #b3e4fe
  9. #ccedfe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6fc
  2. #0da2f0
  3. #1a9ee3
  4. #269bd7
  5. #3397ca
  6. #4093be
  7. #4d8fb2
  8. #5a8ba5
  9. #668899
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da1cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c95fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a8fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #479cfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6fc {
  color: #00a6fc;
}
Background
.bg-00a6fc {
  background-color: #00a6fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6fc {
  border: 2px solid #00a6fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6fc, #0028fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.93 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.94 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.07 #ff5903 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6fc  rgb(0, 166, 252)  hsl(200, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fc5600  rgb(252, 86, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fc00a6  rgb(252, 0, 166)  hsl(320, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a6fc00  rgb(166, 252, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud