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#00A8DB

#00a8db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8db is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.88% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 193.97°, with 100% saturation and 42.94% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.16.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3312

Complementary

  1. #00a8db
  2. #db3300

Split complementary

  1. #00a8db
  2. #db003b
  3. #dba000

Analogous

  1. #00dba0
  2. #00a8db
  3. #003bdb

Triadic

  1. #00a8db
  2. #db00a8
  3. #a8db00

Tetradic

  1. #00a8db
  2. #3300db
  3. #db3300
  4. #a8db00

Square

  1. #00a8db
  2. #a000db
  3. #db3300
  4. #3bdb00

Monochromatic

  1. #003342
  2. #006d8e
  3. #00a8db
  4. #28cdff
  5. #75dfff

Shades

#00a8db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8db
  2. #0097c5
  3. #0086af
  4. #007699
  5. #006583
  6. #00546e
  7. #004358
  8. #003242
  9. #00222c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8db
  2. #1ab1df
  3. #33b9e2
  4. #4dc2e6
  5. #66cbe9
  6. #80d4ed
  7. #99dcf1
  8. #b3e5f4
  9. #cceef8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8db
  2. #0da4d2
  3. #1aa0c9
  4. #269cc0
  5. #3398b7
  6. #4094ae
  7. #4d90a4
  8. #5a8c9b
  9. #668892
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ba1b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da5dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7494da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa6dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9cdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8db {
  color: #00a8db;
}
Background
.bg-00a8db {
  background-color: #00a8db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8db {
  border: 2px solid #00a8db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8db, #003bdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.91 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.80 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.40 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.67 #ff5724 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8db  rgb(0, 168, 219)  hsl(194, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#db3300  rgb(219, 51, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#db00a8  rgb(219, 0, 168)  hsl(314, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a8db00  rgb(168, 219, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green