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#00A8F6

#00a8f6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8f6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 31.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 199.02°, with 100% saturation and 48.24% 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 7.93:1 (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 luminance0.3466

Complementary

  1. #00a8f6
  2. #f64e00

Split complementary

  1. #00a8f6
  2. #f6002d
  3. #f6c900

Analogous

  1. #00f6c9
  2. #00a8f6
  3. #002df6

Triadic

  1. #00a8f6
  2. #f600a8
  3. #a8f600

Tetradic

  1. #00a8f6
  2. #4e00f6
  3. #f64e00
  4. #a8f600

Square

  1. #00a8f6
  2. #c900f6
  3. #f64e00
  4. #2df600

Monochromatic

  1. #00405d
  2. #0074aa
  3. #00a8f6
  4. #44c4ff
  5. #90dcff

Shades

#00a8f6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8f6
  2. #0097dd
  3. #0086c5
  4. #0076ac
  5. #006594
  6. #00547b
  7. #004362
  8. #00324a
  9. #002231
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8f6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8f6
  2. #1ab1f7
  3. #33b9f8
  4. #4dc2f9
  5. #66cbfa
  6. #80d4fb
  7. #99dcfb
  8. #b3e5fc
  9. #cceefd
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8f6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8f6
  2. #0da4ea
  3. #1aa0de
  4. #269cd3
  5. #3398c7
  6. #4094bb
  7. #4d90af
  8. #5a8ca3
  9. #668898
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a9f9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6496f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a9f8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e9ef5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8f6 {
  color: #00a8f6;
}
Background
.bg-00a8f6 {
  background-color: #00a8f6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8f6 {
  border: 2px solid #00a8f6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8f6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8f6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8f6, #002df6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8f6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 246 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.23 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.64 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.74 #ff5709 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8f6  rgb(0, 168, 246)  hsl(199, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f64e00  rgb(246, 78, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f600a8  rgb(246, 0, 168)  hsl(319, 100%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a8f600  rgb(168, 246, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud