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#00A8E2

#00a8e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8e2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.88% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 195.4°, with 100% saturation and 44.31% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.32.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.335

Complementary

  1. #00a8e2
  2. #e23a00

Split complementary

  1. #00a8e2
  2. #e20037
  3. #e2ab00

Analogous

  1. #00e2ab
  2. #00a8e2
  3. #0037e2

Triadic

  1. #00a8e2
  2. #e200a8
  3. #a8e200

Tetradic

  1. #00a8e2
  2. #3a00e2
  3. #e23a00
  4. #a8e200

Square

  1. #00a8e2
  2. #ab00e2
  3. #e23a00
  4. #37e200

Monochromatic

  1. #003649
  2. #006f95
  3. #00a8e2
  4. #2fcaff
  5. #7cddff

Shades

#00a8e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8e2
  2. #0097cb
  3. #0086b5
  4. #00769e
  5. #006588
  6. #005471
  7. #00435a
  8. #003244
  9. #00222d
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8e2
  2. #1ab1e5
  3. #33b9e8
  4. #4dc2eb
  5. #66cbee
  6. #80d4f1
  7. #99dcf3
  8. #b3e5f6
  9. #cceef9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8e2
  2. #0da4d8
  3. #1aa0ce
  4. #269cc5
  5. #3398bb
  6. #4094b1
  7. #4d90a7
  8. #5a8c9d
  9. #668894
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca1bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba6e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7195e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da7e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589de1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8e2 {
  color: #00a8e2;
}
Background
.bg-00a8e2 {
  background-color: #00a8e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8e2 {
  border: 2px solid #00a8e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8e2, #0037e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.32 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.87 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.60 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.62 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.85 #ff571d Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8e2  rgb(0, 168, 226)  hsl(195, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e23a00  rgb(226, 58, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#e200a8  rgb(226, 0, 168)  hsl(315, 100%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#a8e200  rgb(168, 226, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 44%)  Inchworm