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#00A9DE

#00a9de ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9de 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 194.32°, with 100% saturation and 43.53% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.02.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3365

Complementary

  1. #00a9de
  2. #de3500

Split complementary

  1. #00a9de
  2. #de003a
  3. #dea400

Analogous

  1. #00dea4
  2. #00a9de
  3. #003ade

Triadic

  1. #00a9de
  2. #de00a9
  3. #a9de00

Tetradic

  1. #00a9de
  2. #3500de
  3. #de3500
  4. #a9de00

Square

  1. #00a9de
  2. #a400de
  3. #de3500
  4. #3ade00

Monochromatic

  1. #003545
  2. #006f92
  3. #00a9de
  4. #2ccdff
  5. #78dfff

Shades

#00a9de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9de
  2. #0098c8
  3. #0087b2
  4. #00769b
  5. #006585
  6. #00556f
  7. #004459
  8. #003343
  9. #00222c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9de
  2. #1ab2e1
  3. #33bae5
  4. #4dc3e8
  5. #66cbeb
  6. #80d4ef
  7. #99ddf2
  8. #b3e5f5
  9. #cceef8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9de
  2. #0da5d5
  3. #1aa1cb
  4. #269dc2
  5. #3399b8
  6. #4095af
  7. #4d90a6
  8. #5a8c9c
  9. #668893
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca2bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da7e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7495dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a8e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9ede ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9de {
  color: #00a9de;
}
Background
.bg-00a9de {
  background-color: #00a9de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9de {
  border: 2px solid #00a9de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9de, #003ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.02 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.45 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.31 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.36 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.96 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.94 #ff5621 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9de  rgb(0, 169, 222)  hsl(194, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#de3500  rgb(222, 53, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#de00a9  rgb(222, 0, 169)  hsl(314, 100%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#a9de00  rgb(169, 222, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green