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#00A8E7

#00a8e7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8e7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 27.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 196.36°, with 100% saturation and 45.29% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3377

Complementary

  1. #00a8e7
  2. #e73f00

Split complementary

  1. #00a8e7
  2. #e70035
  3. #e7b200

Analogous

  1. #00e7b2
  2. #00a8e7
  3. #0035e7

Triadic

  1. #00a8e7
  2. #e700a8
  3. #a8e700

Tetradic

  1. #00a8e7
  2. #3f00e7
  3. #e73f00
  4. #a8e700

Square

  1. #00a8e7
  2. #b200e7
  3. #e73f00
  4. #35e700

Monochromatic

  1. #00394e
  2. #00709a
  3. #00a8e7
  4. #34c8ff
  5. #81ddff

Shades

#00a8e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8e7
  2. #0097d0
  3. #0086b9
  4. #0076a2
  5. #00658b
  6. #005474
  7. #00435c
  8. #003245
  9. #00222e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8e7
  2. #1ab1e9
  3. #33b9ec
  4. #4dc2ee
  5. #66cbf1
  6. #80d4f3
  7. #99dcf5
  8. #b3e5f8
  9. #cceefa
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8e7
  2. #0da4dd
  3. #1aa0d2
  4. #269cc8
  5. #3398be
  6. #4094b4
  7. #4d90a9
  8. #5a8c9f
  9. #668895
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca2bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a7ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e95e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca7e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569de6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8e7 {
  color: #00a8e7;
}
Background
.bg-00a8e7 {
  background-color: #00a8e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8e7 {
  border: 2px solid #00a8e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8e7, #0035e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.97 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.15 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.21 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.65 #ff5718 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8e7  rgb(0, 168, 231)  hsl(196, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e73f00  rgb(231, 63, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e700a8  rgb(231, 0, 168)  hsl(316, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a8e700  rgb(168, 231, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud