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#00A8E4

#00a8e4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8e4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 195.79°, with 100% saturation and 44.71% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.16.

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Relative luminance0.3361

Complementary

  1. #00a8e4
  2. #e43c00

Split complementary

  1. #00a8e4
  2. #e40036
  3. #e4ae00

Analogous

  1. #00e4ae
  2. #00a8e4
  3. #0036e4

Triadic

  1. #00a8e4
  2. #e400a8
  3. #a8e400

Tetradic

  1. #00a8e4
  2. #3c00e4
  3. #e43c00
  4. #a8e400

Square

  1. #00a8e4
  2. #ae00e4
  3. #e43c00
  4. #36e400

Monochromatic

  1. #00374b
  2. #007098
  3. #00a8e4
  4. #32c9ff
  5. #7eddff

Shades

#00a8e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8e4
  2. #0097cd
  3. #0086b6
  4. #0076a0
  5. #006589
  6. #005472
  7. #00435b
  8. #003244
  9. #00222e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8e4
  2. #1ab1e7
  3. #33b9e9
  4. #4dc2ec
  5. #66cbef
  6. #80d4f2
  7. #99dcf4
  8. #b3e5f7
  9. #cceefa
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8e4
  2. #0da4da
  3. #1aa0d0
  4. #269cc6
  5. #3398bc
  6. #4094b2
  7. #4d90a8
  8. #5a8c9e
  9. #668894
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca1be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa7e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f95e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da7e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579de3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8e4 {
  color: #00a8e4;
}
Background
.bg-00a8e4 {
  background-color: #00a8e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8e4 {
  border: 2px solid #00a8e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8e4, #0036e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.75 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.82 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.44 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.53 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.93 #ff571b Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8e4  rgb(0, 168, 228)  hsl(196, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e43c00  rgb(228, 60, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 45%)  Sinopia
#e400a8  rgb(228, 0, 168)  hsl(316, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a8e400  rgb(168, 228, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud