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#00A8FE

#00a8fe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a8fe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 200.31°, with 100% saturation and 49.8% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.34.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3516

Complementary

  1. #00a8fe
  2. #fe5600

Split complementary

  1. #00a8fe
  2. #fe0029
  3. #fed500

Analogous

  1. #00fed5
  2. #00a8fe
  3. #0029fe

Triadic

  1. #00a8fe
  2. #fe00a8
  3. #a8fe00

Tetradic

  1. #00a8fe
  2. #5600fe
  3. #fe5600
  4. #a8fe00

Square

  1. #00a8fe
  2. #d500fe
  3. #fe5600
  4. #29fe00

Monochromatic

  1. #004365
  2. #0075b1
  3. #00a8fe
  4. #4bc2ff
  5. #98dcff

Shades

#00a8fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a8fe
  2. #0097e5
  3. #0086cb
  4. #0076b2
  5. #006598
  6. #00547f
  7. #004366
  8. #00324c
  9. #002233
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a8fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a8fe
  2. #1ab1fe
  3. #33b9fe
  4. #4dc2fe
  5. #66cbfe
  6. #80d4ff
  7. #99dcff
  8. #b3e5ff
  9. #cceeff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a8fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a8fe
  2. #0da4f1
  3. #1aa0e5
  4. #269cd8
  5. #3398cc
  6. #4094bf
  7. #4d90b2
  8. #5a8ca6
  9. #668899
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa3cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7eabff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e97fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #63aaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #499efd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a8fe {
  color: #00a8fe;
}
Background
.bg-00a8fe {
  background-color: #00a8fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a8fe {
  border: 2px solid #00a8fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a8fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 168 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a8fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a8fe, #0029fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a8fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 168 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.21 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.46 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.52 #ff5701 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a8fe  rgb(0, 168, 254)  hsl(200, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fe5600  rgb(254, 86, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fe00a8  rgb(254, 0, 168)  hsl(320, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a8fe00  rgb(168, 254, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud