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#00A8EA

#00a8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 196.92°, with 100% saturation and 45.88% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3395

Complementary

  1. #00a8ea
  2. #ea4200

Split complementary

  1. #00a8ea
  2. #ea0033
  3. #eab700

Analogous

  1. #00eab7
  2. #00a8ea
  3. #0033ea

Triadic

  1. #00a8ea
  2. #ea00a8
  3. #a8ea00

Tetradic

  1. #00a8ea
  2. #4200ea
  3. #ea4200
  4. #a8ea00

Square

  1. #00a8ea
  2. #b700ea
  3. #ea4200
  4. #33ea00

Monochromatic

  1. #003a51
  2. #00719d
  3. #00a8ea
  4. #37c7ff
  5. #84dcff

Shades

#00a8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8ea
  2. #0097d3
  3. #0086bb
  4. #0076a4
  5. #00658c
  6. #005475
  7. #00435e
  8. #003246
  9. #00222f
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8ea
  2. #1ab1ec
  3. #33b9ee
  4. #4dc2f0
  5. #66cbf2
  6. #80d4f5
  7. #99dcf7
  8. #b3e5f9
  9. #cceefb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8ea
  2. #0da4df
  3. #1aa0d5
  4. #269cca
  5. #3398c0
  6. #4094b5
  7. #4d90aa
  8. #5a8ca0
  9. #668895
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #549de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8ea {
  color: #00a8ea;
}
Background
.bg-00a8ea {
  background-color: #00a8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8ea {
  border: 2px solid #00a8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8ea, #0033ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.02 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.48 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.17 #ff5715 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8ea  rgb(0, 168, 234)  hsl(197, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ea4200  rgb(234, 66, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 46%)  Flame
#ea00a8  rgb(234, 0, 168)  hsl(317, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ea00  rgb(168, 234, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud