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#00A7E4

#00a7e4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a7e4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.49% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 196.05°, with 100% saturation and 44.71% 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 7.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.94.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3324

Complementary

  1. #00a7e4
  2. #e43d00

Split complementary

  1. #00a7e4
  2. #e40035
  3. #e4af00

Analogous

  1. #00e4af
  2. #00a7e4
  3. #0035e4

Triadic

  1. #00a7e4
  2. #e400a7
  3. #a7e400

Tetradic

  1. #00a7e4
  2. #3d00e4
  3. #e43d00
  4. #a7e400

Square

  1. #00a7e4
  2. #af00e4
  3. #e43d00
  4. #35e400

Monochromatic

  1. #00374b
  2. #006f98
  3. #00a7e4
  4. #32c8ff
  5. #7edcff

Shades

#00a7e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a7e4
  2. #0096cd
  3. #0086b6
  4. #0075a0
  5. #006489
  6. #005472
  7. #00435b
  8. #003244
  9. #00212e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a7e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a7e4
  2. #1ab0e7
  3. #33b9e9
  4. #4dc1ec
  5. #66caef
  6. #80d3f2
  7. #99dcf4
  8. #b3e5f7
  9. #ccedfa
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a7e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a7e4
  2. #0da3da
  3. #1a9fd0
  4. #269bc6
  5. #3397bc
  6. #4094b2
  7. #4d90a8
  8. #5a8c9e
  9. #668894
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ba1bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a6e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e94e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca6e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569ce3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a7e4 {
  color: #00a7e4;
}
Background
.bg-00a7e4 {
  background-color: #00a7e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a7e4 {
  border: 2px solid #00a7e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a7e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 167 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a7e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a7e4, #0035e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a7e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 167 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.96 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.57 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.57 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.74 #ff581b Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a7e4  rgb(0, 167, 228)  hsl(196, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e43d00  rgb(228, 61, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e400a7  rgb(228, 0, 167)  hsl(316, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a7e400  rgb(167, 228, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud