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#00A8FB

#00a8fb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8fb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 199.84°, with 100% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.18.

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Relative luminance0.3497

Complementary

  1. #00a8fb
  2. #fb5300

Split complementary

  1. #00a8fb
  2. #fb002b
  3. #fbd100

Analogous

  1. #00fbd1
  2. #00a8fb
  3. #002bfb

Triadic

  1. #00a8fb
  2. #fb00a8
  3. #a8fb00

Tetradic

  1. #00a8fb
  2. #5300fb
  3. #fb5300
  4. #a8fb00

Square

  1. #00a8fb
  2. #d100fb
  3. #fb5300
  4. #2bfb00

Monochromatic

  1. #004262
  2. #0075af
  3. #00a8fb
  4. #49c3ff
  5. #95dcff

Shades

#00a8fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8fb
  2. #0097e2
  3. #0086c9
  4. #0076b0
  5. #006597
  6. #00547e
  7. #004364
  8. #00324b
  9. #002232
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8fb
  2. #1ab1fb
  3. #33b9fc
  4. #4dc2fc
  5. #66cbfd
  6. #80d4fd
  7. #99dcfd
  8. #b3e5fe
  9. #cceefe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8fb
  2. #0da4ef
  3. #1aa0e2
  4. #269cd6
  5. #3398ca
  6. #4094be
  7. #4d90b1
  8. #5a8ca5
  9. #668899
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80aaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6097f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a9fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b9efa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8fb {
  color: #00a8fb;
}
Background
.bg-00a8fb {
  background-color: #00a8fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8fb {
  border: 2px solid #00a8fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8fb, #002bfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.21 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.15 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.73 #ff5704 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8fb  rgb(0, 168, 251)  hsl(200, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fb5300  rgb(251, 83, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fb00a8  rgb(251, 0, 168)  hsl(320, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a8fb00  rgb(168, 251, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud