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#00A7EA

#00a7ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a7ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 197.18°, with 100% saturation and 45.88% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3358

Complementary

  1. #00a7ea
  2. #ea4300

Split complementary

  1. #00a7ea
  2. #ea0032
  3. #eab800

Analogous

  1. #00eab8
  2. #00a7ea
  3. #0032ea

Triadic

  1. #00a7ea
  2. #ea00a7
  3. #a7ea00

Tetradic

  1. #00a7ea
  2. #4300ea
  3. #ea4300
  4. #a7ea00

Square

  1. #00a7ea
  2. #b800ea
  3. #ea4300
  4. #32ea00

Monochromatic

  1. #003a51
  2. #00709d
  3. #00a7ea
  4. #37c6ff
  5. #84dcff

Shades

#00a7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a7ea
  2. #0096d3
  3. #0086bb
  4. #0075a4
  5. #00648c
  6. #005475
  7. #00435e
  8. #003246
  9. #00212f
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a7ea
  2. #1ab0ec
  3. #33b9ee
  4. #4dc1f0
  5. #66caf2
  6. #80d3f5
  7. #99dcf7
  8. #b3e5f9
  9. #ccedfb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a7ea
  2. #0da3df
  3. #1a9fd5
  4. #269bca
  5. #3397c0
  6. #4094b5
  7. #4d90aa
  8. #5a8ca0
  9. #668895
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca1c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a7ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa7ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a7ea {
  color: #00a7ea;
}
Background
.bg-00a7ea {
  background-color: #00a7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a7ea {
  border: 2px solid #00a7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a7ea, #0032ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.69 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.62 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.78 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.79 #ff5815 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a7ea  rgb(0, 167, 234)  hsl(197, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ea4300  rgb(234, 67, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 46%)  Flame
#ea00a7  rgb(234, 0, 167)  hsl(317, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a7ea00  rgb(167, 234, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud