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#00A9DA

#00a9da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 66.27% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 22.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 193.49°, with 100% saturation and 42.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.6.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3344

Complementary

  1. #00a9da
  2. #da3100

Split complementary

  1. #00a9da
  2. #da003c
  3. #da9e00

Analogous

  1. #00da9e
  2. #00a9da
  3. #003cda

Triadic

  1. #00a9da
  2. #da00a9
  3. #a9da00

Tetradic

  1. #00a9da
  2. #3100da
  3. #da3100
  4. #a9da00

Square

  1. #00a9da
  2. #9e00da
  3. #da3100
  4. #3cda00

Monochromatic

  1. #003241
  2. #006e8e
  3. #00a9da
  4. #28cfff
  5. #74e0ff

Shades

#00a9da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9da
  2. #0098c4
  3. #0087ae
  4. #007699
  5. #006583
  6. #00556d
  7. #004457
  8. #003341
  9. #00222c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9da
  2. #1ab2de
  3. #33bae1
  4. #4dc3e5
  5. #66cbe9
  6. #80d4ed
  7. #99ddf0
  8. #b3e5f4
  9. #cceef8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9da
  2. #0da5d1
  3. #1aa1c8
  4. #269dbf
  5. #3399b6
  6. #4095ad
  7. #4d90a4
  8. #5a8c9b
  9. #668892
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca2b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa6dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7695d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a7db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9dda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9da {
  color: #00a9da;
}
Background
.bg-00a9da {
  background-color: #00a9da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9da {
  border: 2px solid #00a9da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9da, #003cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.60 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.91 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.49 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.89 #ff5625 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9da  rgb(0, 169, 218)  hsl(193, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#da3100  rgb(218, 49, 0)  hsl(13, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#da00a9  rgb(218, 0, 169)  hsl(313, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a9da00  rgb(169, 218, 0)  hsl(73, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green