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#00A7DA

#00a7da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a7da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.49% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 194.04°, with 100% saturation and 42.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.04.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.327

Complementary

  1. #00a7da
  2. #da3300

Split complementary

  1. #00a7da
  2. #da003a
  3. #daa000

Analogous

  1. #00daa0
  2. #00a7da
  3. #003ada

Triadic

  1. #00a7da
  2. #da00a7
  3. #a7da00

Tetradic

  1. #00a7da
  2. #3300da
  3. #da3300
  4. #a7da00

Square

  1. #00a7da
  2. #a000da
  3. #da3300
  4. #3ada00

Monochromatic

  1. #003241
  2. #006c8e
  3. #00a7da
  4. #28cdff
  5. #74deff

Shades

#00a7da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a7da
  2. #0096c4
  3. #0086ae
  4. #007599
  5. #006483
  6. #00546d
  7. #004357
  8. #003241
  9. #00212c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a7da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a7da
  2. #1ab0de
  3. #33b9e1
  4. #4dc1e5
  5. #66cae9
  6. #80d3ed
  7. #99dcf0
  8. #b3e5f4
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a7da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a7da
  2. #0da3d1
  3. #1a9fc8
  4. #269bbf
  5. #3397b6
  6. #4094ad
  7. #4d90a4
  8. #5a8c9b
  9. #668892
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7aa0b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca4dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7393d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa5db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9cda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a7da {
  color: #00a7da;
}
Background
.bg-00a7da {
  background-color: #00a7da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a7da {
  border: 2px solid #00a7da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a7da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 167 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a7da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a7da, #003ada);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a7da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 167 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.04 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.18 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.59 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.43 #ff5825 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a7da  rgb(0, 167, 218)  hsl(194, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#da3300  rgb(218, 51, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#da00a7  rgb(218, 0, 167)  hsl(314, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a7da00  rgb(167, 218, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green