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#00A7F2

#00a7f2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a7f2 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 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 30.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 198.6°, with 100% saturation and 47.45% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.3405

Complementary

  1. #00a7f2
  2. #f24b00

Split complementary

  1. #00a7f2
  2. #f2002e
  3. #f2c400

Analogous

  1. #00f2c4
  2. #00a7f2
  3. #002ef2

Triadic

  1. #00a7f2
  2. #f200a7
  3. #a7f200

Tetradic

  1. #00a7f2
  2. #4b00f2
  3. #f24b00
  4. #a7f200

Square

  1. #00a7f2
  2. #c400f2
  3. #f24b00
  4. #2ef200

Monochromatic

  1. #003d59
  2. #0072a5
  3. #00a7f2
  4. #3fc4ff
  5. #8cdbff

Shades

#00a7f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a7f2
  2. #0096da
  3. #0086c2
  4. #0075a9
  5. #006491
  6. #005479
  7. #004361
  8. #003249
  9. #002130
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a7f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a7f2
  2. #1ab0f3
  3. #33b9f5
  4. #4dc1f6
  5. #66caf7
  6. #80d3f9
  7. #99dcfa
  8. #b3e5fb
  9. #ccedfc
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a7f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a7f2
  2. #0da3e7
  3. #1a9fdb
  4. #269bd0
  5. #3397c4
  6. #4094b9
  7. #4d90ae
  8. #5a8ca2
  9. #668897
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da2c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a8f5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6595f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a8f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f9df1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a7f2 {
  color: #00a7f2;
}
Background
.bg-00a7f2 {
  background-color: #00a7f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a7f2 {
  border: 2px solid #00a7f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a7f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 167 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a7f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a7f2, #002ef2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a7f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 167 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.22 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.87 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.72 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.46 #ff580d Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a7f2  rgb(0, 167, 242)  hsl(199, 100%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#f24b00  rgb(242, 75, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 47%)  Tangelo
#f200a7  rgb(242, 0, 167)  hsl(319, 100%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#a7f200  rgb(167, 242, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 47%)  Spring Bud