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#00A8FA

#00a8fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 32.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 199.68°, with 100% saturation and 49.02% 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 7.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.13.

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Relative luminance0.3491

Complementary

  1. #00a8fa
  2. #fa5200

Split complementary

  1. #00a8fa
  2. #fa002b
  3. #facf00

Analogous

  1. #00facf
  2. #00a8fa
  3. #002bfa

Triadic

  1. #00a8fa
  2. #fa00a8
  3. #a8fa00

Tetradic

  1. #00a8fa
  2. #5200fa
  3. #fa5200
  4. #a8fa00

Square

  1. #00a8fa
  2. #cf00fa
  3. #fa5200
  4. #2bfa00

Monochromatic

  1. #004161
  2. #0075ae
  3. #00a8fa
  4. #48c3ff
  5. #94dcff

Shades

#00a8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8fa
  2. #0097e1
  3. #0086c8
  4. #0076af
  5. #006596
  6. #00547d
  7. #004364
  8. #00324b
  9. #002232
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8fa
  2. #1ab1fb
  3. #33b9fb
  4. #4dc2fc
  5. #66cbfc
  6. #80d4fd
  7. #99dcfd
  8. #b3e5fe
  9. #cceefe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8fa
  2. #0da4ee
  3. #1aa0e2
  4. #269cd5
  5. #3398c9
  6. #4094bd
  7. #4d90b1
  8. #5a8ca5
  9. #668898
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80aafe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6197f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a9fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c9ef9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8fa {
  color: #00a8fa;
}
Background
.bg-00a8fa {
  background-color: #00a8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8fa {
  border: 2px solid #00a8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8fa, #002bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.21 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.00 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.80 #ff5705 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8fa  rgb(0, 168, 250)  hsl(200, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fa5200  rgb(250, 82, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fa00a8  rgb(250, 0, 168)  hsl(320, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a8fa00  rgb(168, 250, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud