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#00A9E4

#00a9e4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9e4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 195.53°, with 100% saturation and 44.71% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.39.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3398

Complementary

  1. #00a9e4
  2. #e43b00

Split complementary

  1. #00a9e4
  2. #e40037
  3. #e4ad00

Analogous

  1. #00e4ad
  2. #00a9e4
  3. #0037e4

Triadic

  1. #00a9e4
  2. #e400a9
  3. #a9e400

Tetradic

  1. #00a9e4
  2. #3b00e4
  3. #e43b00
  4. #a9e400

Square

  1. #00a9e4
  2. #ad00e4
  3. #e43b00
  4. #37e400

Monochromatic

  1. #00384b
  2. #007098
  3. #00a9e4
  4. #32caff
  5. #7edeff

Shades

#00a9e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9e4
  2. #0098cd
  3. #0087b6
  4. #0076a0
  5. #006589
  6. #005572
  7. #00445b
  8. #003344
  9. #00222e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9e4
  2. #1ab2e7
  3. #33bae9
  4. #4dc3ec
  5. #66cbef
  6. #80d4f2
  7. #99ddf4
  8. #b3e5f7
  9. #cceefa
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9e4
  2. #0da5da
  3. #1aa1d0
  4. #269dc6
  5. #3399bc
  6. #4095b2
  7. #4d90a8
  8. #5a8c9e
  9. #668894
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da2be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba7e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7196e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea8e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599ee3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9e4 {
  color: #00a9e4;
}
Background
.bg-00a9e4 {
  background-color: #00a9e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9e4 {
  border: 2px solid #00a9e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9e4, #0037e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.39 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.32 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.50 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.06 #ff561b Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9e4  rgb(0, 169, 228)  hsl(196, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e43b00  rgb(228, 59, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 45%)  Sinopia
#e400a9  rgb(228, 0, 169)  hsl(316, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a9e400  rgb(169, 228, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud