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#00A7DD

#00a7dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a7dd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 24.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 194.66°, with 100% saturation and 43.33% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.62.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3286

Complementary

  1. #00a7dd
  2. #dd3600

Split complementary

  1. #00a7dd
  2. #dd0038
  3. #dda400

Analogous

  1. #00dda4
  2. #00a7dd
  3. #0038dd

Triadic

  1. #00a7dd
  2. #dd00a7
  3. #a7dd00

Tetradic

  1. #00a7dd
  2. #3600dd
  3. #dd3600
  4. #a7dd00

Square

  1. #00a7dd
  2. #a400dd
  3. #dd3600
  4. #38dd00

Monochromatic

  1. #003344
  2. #006d90
  3. #00a7dd
  4. #2acbff
  5. #77deff

Shades

#00a7dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a7dd
  2. #0096c7
  3. #0086b1
  4. #00759b
  5. #006485
  6. #00546f
  7. #004358
  8. #003242
  9. #00212c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a7dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a7dd
  2. #1ab0e0
  3. #33b9e4
  4. #4dc1e7
  5. #66caeb
  6. #80d3ee
  7. #99dcf1
  8. #b3e5f5
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a7dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a7dd
  2. #0da3d4
  3. #1a9fca
  4. #269bc1
  5. #3397b8
  6. #4094af
  7. #4d90a5
  8. #5a8c9c
  9. #668893
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ba0b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba5e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7294dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea6df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599cdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a7dd {
  color: #00a7dd;
}
Background
.bg-00a7dd {
  background-color: #00a7dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a7dd {
  border: 2px solid #00a7dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a7dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 167 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a7dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a7dd, #0038dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a7dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 167 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.62 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.15 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.24 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.23 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.49 #ff5822 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a7dd  rgb(0, 167, 221)  hsl(195, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dd3600  rgb(221, 54, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dd00a7  rgb(221, 0, 167)  hsl(315, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a7dd00  rgb(167, 221, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green