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#00A9DC

#00a9dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9dc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 193.91°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3354

Complementary

  1. #00a9dc
  2. #dc3300

Split complementary

  1. #00a9dc
  2. #dc003b
  3. #dca100

Analogous

  1. #00dca1
  2. #00a9dc
  3. #003bdc

Triadic

  1. #00a9dc
  2. #dc00a9
  3. #a9dc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a9dc
  2. #3300dc
  3. #dc3300
  4. #a9dc00

Square

  1. #00a9dc
  2. #a100dc
  3. #dc3300
  4. #3bdc00

Monochromatic

  1. #003343
  2. #006e90
  3. #00a9dc
  4. #2aceff
  5. #76dfff

Shades

#00a9dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9dc
  2. #0098c6
  3. #0087b0
  4. #00769a
  5. #006584
  6. #00556e
  7. #004458
  8. #003342
  9. #00222c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9dc
  2. #1ab2e0
  3. #33bae3
  4. #4dc3e7
  5. #66cbea
  6. #80d4ee
  7. #99ddf1
  8. #b3e5f5
  9. #cceef8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9dc
  2. #0da5d3
  3. #1aa1ca
  4. #269dc0
  5. #3399b7
  6. #4095ae
  7. #4d90a5
  8. #5a8c9c
  9. #668892
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca2b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea6de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7595db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a7dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9ddc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9dc {
  color: #00a9dc;
}
Background
.bg-00a9dc {
  background-color: #00a9dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9dc {
  border: 2px solid #00a9dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9dc, #003bdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.30 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.92 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.22 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.91 #ff5623 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9dc  rgb(0, 169, 220)  hsl(194, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dc3300  rgb(220, 51, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dc00a9  rgb(220, 0, 169)  hsl(314, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a9dc00  rgb(169, 220, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green