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#00A8DD

#00a8dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8dd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 194.39°, with 100% saturation and 43.33% 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 7.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3323

Complementary

  1. #00a8dd
  2. #dd3500

Split complementary

  1. #00a8dd
  2. #dd0039
  3. #dda300

Analogous

  1. #00dda3
  2. #00a8dd
  3. #0039dd

Triadic

  1. #00a8dd
  2. #dd00a8
  3. #a8dd00

Tetradic

  1. #00a8dd
  2. #3500dd
  3. #dd3500
  4. #a8dd00

Square

  1. #00a8dd
  2. #a300dd
  3. #dd3500
  4. #39dd00

Monochromatic

  1. #003444
  2. #006e90
  3. #00a8dd
  4. #2accff
  5. #77deff

Shades

#00a8dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8dd
  2. #0097c7
  3. #0086b1
  4. #00769b
  5. #006585
  6. #00546f
  7. #004358
  8. #003242
  9. #00222c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8dd
  2. #1ab1e0
  3. #33b9e4
  4. #4dc2e7
  5. #66cbeb
  6. #80d4ee
  7. #99dcf1
  8. #b3e5f5
  9. #cceef8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8dd
  2. #0da4d4
  3. #1aa0ca
  4. #269cc1
  5. #3398b8
  6. #4094af
  7. #4d90a5
  8. #5a8c9c
  9. #668893
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ba1ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca6e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7394dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa7df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9ddd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8dd {
  color: #00a8dd;
}
Background
.bg-00a8dd {
  background-color: #00a8dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8dd {
  border: 2px solid #00a8dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8dd, #0039dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.11 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.15 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.70 #ff5722 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8dd  rgb(0, 168, 221)  hsl(194, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dd3500  rgb(221, 53, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dd00a8  rgb(221, 0, 168)  hsl(314, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a8dd00  rgb(168, 221, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green