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#00A7EF

#00a7ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a7ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 30.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 198.08°, with 100% saturation and 46.86% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.67.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3387

Complementary

  1. #00a7ef
  2. #ef4800

Split complementary

  1. #00a7ef
  2. #ef002f
  3. #efc000

Analogous

  1. #00efc0
  2. #00a7ef
  3. #002fef

Triadic

  1. #00a7ef
  2. #ef00a7
  3. #a7ef00

Tetradic

  1. #00a7ef
  2. #4800ef
  3. #ef4800
  4. #a7ef00

Square

  1. #00a7ef
  2. #c000ef
  3. #ef4800
  4. #2fef00

Monochromatic

  1. #003c56
  2. #0072a2
  3. #00a7ef
  4. #3cc4ff
  5. #89dbff

Shades

#00a7ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a7ef
  2. #0096d7
  3. #0086bf
  4. #0075a7
  5. #00648f
  6. #005478
  7. #004360
  8. #003248
  9. #002130
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a7ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a7ef
  2. #1ab0f1
  3. #33b9f2
  4. #4dc1f4
  5. #66caf5
  6. #80d3f7
  7. #99dcf9
  8. #b3e5fa
  9. #ccedfc
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a7ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a7ef
  2. #0da3e4
  3. #1a9fd9
  4. #269bce
  5. #3397c3
  6. #4094b8
  7. #4d90ac
  8. #5a8ca1
  9. #668896
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca1c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a8f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6795ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a7f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #519dee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a7ef {
  color: #00a7ef;
}
Background
.bg-00a7ef {
  background-color: #00a7ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a7ef {
  border: 2px solid #00a7ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a7ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 167 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a7ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a7ef, #002fef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a7ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 167 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.67 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.09 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.15 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.44 #ff5810 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a7ef  rgb(0, 167, 239)  hsl(198, 100%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#ef4800  rgb(239, 72, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 47%)  Tangelo
#ef00a7  rgb(239, 0, 167)  hsl(318, 100%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#a7ef00  rgb(167, 239, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 47%)  Spring Bud