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#00A9E2

#00a9e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9e2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 66.27% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 195.13°, with 100% saturation and 44.31% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.57.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3387

Complementary

  1. #00a9e2
  2. #e23900

Split complementary

  1. #00a9e2
  2. #e20038
  3. #e2aa00

Analogous

  1. #00e2aa
  2. #00a9e2
  3. #0038e2

Triadic

  1. #00a9e2
  2. #e200a9
  3. #a9e200

Tetradic

  1. #00a9e2
  2. #3900e2
  3. #e23900
  4. #a9e200

Square

  1. #00a9e2
  2. #aa00e2
  3. #e23900
  4. #38e200

Monochromatic

  1. #003749
  2. #007095
  3. #00a9e2
  4. #2fcbff
  5. #7cdeff

Shades

#00a9e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9e2
  2. #0098cb
  3. #0087b5
  4. #00769e
  5. #006588
  6. #005571
  7. #00445a
  8. #003344
  9. #00222d
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9e2
  2. #1ab2e5
  3. #33bae8
  4. #4dc3eb
  5. #66cbee
  6. #80d4f1
  7. #99ddf3
  8. #b3e5f6
  9. #cceef9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9e2
  2. #0da5d8
  3. #1aa1ce
  4. #269dc5
  5. #3399bb
  6. #4095b1
  7. #4d90a7
  8. #5a8c9d
  9. #668894
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca2bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca7e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7296e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea8e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599ee1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9e2 {
  color: #00a9e2;
}
Background
.bg-00a9e2 {
  background-color: #00a9e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9e2 {
  border: 2px solid #00a9e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9e2, #0038e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.57 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.48 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.51 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 12.05 #ff561d Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9e2  rgb(0, 169, 226)  hsl(195, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e23900  rgb(226, 57, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#e200a9  rgb(226, 0, 169)  hsl(315, 100%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#a9e200  rgb(169, 226, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 44%)  Inchworm