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#00A7E9

#00a7e9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a7e9 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 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 28.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 197°, with 100% saturation and 45.69% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3352

Complementary

  1. #00a7e9
  2. #e94200

Split complementary

  1. #00a7e9
  2. #e90032
  3. #e9b700

Analogous

  1. #00e9b7
  2. #00a7e9
  3. #0032e9

Triadic

  1. #00a7e9
  2. #e900a7
  3. #a7e900

Tetradic

  1. #00a7e9
  2. #4200e9
  3. #e94200
  4. #a7e900

Square

  1. #00a7e9
  2. #b700e9
  3. #e94200
  4. #32e900

Monochromatic

  1. #003950
  2. #00709d
  3. #00a7e9
  4. #37c6ff
  5. #83dcff

Shades

#00a7e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a7e9
  2. #0096d2
  3. #0086ba
  4. #0075a3
  5. #00648c
  6. #005475
  7. #00435d
  8. #003246
  9. #00212f
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a7e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a7e9
  2. #1ab0eb
  3. #33b9ed
  4. #4dc1f0
  5. #66caf2
  6. #80d3f4
  7. #99dcf6
  8. #b3e5f8
  9. #ccedfb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a7e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a7e9
  2. #0da3df
  3. #1a9fd4
  4. #269bca
  5. #3397bf
  6. #4094b5
  7. #4d90aa
  8. #5a8ca0
  9. #668895
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca1c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a7ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b95e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #549ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a7e9 {
  color: #00a7e9;
}
Background
.bg-00a7e9 {
  background-color: #00a7e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a7e9 {
  border: 2px solid #00a7e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a7e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 167 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a7e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a7e9, #0032e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a7e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 167 233 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.51 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.94 #ff5816 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a7e9  rgb(0, 167, 233)  hsl(197, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#e94200  rgb(233, 66, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 46%)  Flame
#e900a7  rgb(233, 0, 167)  hsl(317, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a7e900  rgb(167, 233, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud