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#00A8ED

#00a8ed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 197.47°, with 100% saturation and 46.47% 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 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.82.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3412

Complementary

  1. #00a8ed
  2. #ed4500

Split complementary

  1. #00a8ed
  2. #ed0031
  3. #edbc00

Analogous

  1. #00edbc
  2. #00a8ed
  3. #0031ed

Triadic

  1. #00a8ed
  2. #ed00a8
  3. #a8ed00

Tetradic

  1. #00a8ed
  2. #4500ed
  3. #ed4500
  4. #a8ed00

Square

  1. #00a8ed
  2. #bc00ed
  3. #ed4500
  4. #31ed00

Monochromatic

  1. #003c54
  2. #0072a0
  3. #00a8ed
  4. #3ac6ff
  5. #87dcff

Shades

#00a8ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8ed
  2. #0097d5
  3. #0086be
  4. #0076a6
  5. #00658e
  6. #005477
  7. #00435f
  8. #003247
  9. #00222f
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8ed
  2. #1ab1ef
  3. #33b9f1
  4. #4dc2f2
  5. #66cbf4
  6. #80d4f6
  7. #99dcf8
  8. #b3e5fa
  9. #cceefb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8ed
  2. #0da4e2
  3. #1aa0d7
  4. #269ccc
  5. #3398c1
  6. #4094b7
  7. #4d90ac
  8. #5a8ca1
  9. #668896
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da2c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a8f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a96ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa8ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539dec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8ed {
  color: #00a8ed;
}
Background
.bg-00a8ed {
  background-color: #00a8ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8ed {
  border: 2px solid #00a8ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8ed, #0031ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.82 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.86 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.01 #ff5712 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8ed  rgb(0, 168, 237)  hsl(197, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ed4500  rgb(237, 69, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 46%)  Tangelo
#ed00a8  rgb(237, 0, 168)  hsl(317, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ed00  rgb(168, 237, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud