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#00A9E8

#00a9e8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 27.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 196.29°, with 100% saturation and 45.49% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.13.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.342

Complementary

  1. #00a9e8
  2. #e83f00

Split complementary

  1. #00a9e8
  2. #e80035
  3. #e8b300

Analogous

  1. #00e8b3
  2. #00a9e8
  3. #0035e8

Triadic

  1. #00a9e8
  2. #e800a9
  3. #a9e800

Tetradic

  1. #00a9e8
  2. #3f00e8
  3. #e83f00
  4. #a9e800

Square

  1. #00a9e8
  2. #b300e8
  3. #e83f00
  4. #35e800

Monochromatic

  1. #003a4f
  2. #00719b
  3. #00a9e8
  4. #35c8ff
  5. #82ddff

Shades

#00a9e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9e8
  2. #0098d1
  3. #0087ba
  4. #0076a2
  5. #00658b
  6. #005574
  7. #00445d
  8. #003346
  9. #00222e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9e8
  2. #1ab2ea
  3. #33baed
  4. #4dc3ef
  5. #66cbf1
  6. #80d4f4
  7. #99ddf6
  8. #b3e5f8
  9. #cceefa
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9e8
  2. #0da5de
  3. #1aa1d3
  4. #269dc9
  5. #3399be
  6. #4095b4
  7. #4d90aa
  8. #5a8c9f
  9. #668895
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa8eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f96e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca8ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579ee7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9e8 {
  color: #00a9e8;
}
Background
.bg-00a9e8 {
  background-color: #00a9e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9e8 {
  border: 2px solid #00a9e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9e8, #0035e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.13 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.00 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.12 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.27 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.87 #ff5617 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9e8  rgb(0, 169, 232)  hsl(196, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e83f00  rgb(232, 63, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e800a9  rgb(232, 0, 169)  hsl(316, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#a9e800  rgb(169, 232, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud