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#00A9EC

#00a9ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9ec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 28.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 197.03°, with 100% saturation and 46.27% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3443

Complementary

  1. #00a9ec
  2. #ec4300

Split complementary

  1. #00a9ec
  2. #ec0033
  3. #ecb900

Analogous

  1. #00ecb9
  2. #00a9ec
  3. #0033ec

Triadic

  1. #00a9ec
  2. #ec00a9
  3. #a9ec00

Tetradic

  1. #00a9ec
  2. #4300ec
  3. #ec4300
  4. #a9ec00

Square

  1. #00a9ec
  2. #b900ec
  3. #ec4300
  4. #33ec00

Monochromatic

  1. #003b53
  2. #00729f
  3. #00a9ec
  4. #39c7ff
  5. #86ddff

Shades

#00a9ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9ec
  2. #0098d4
  3. #0087bd
  4. #0076a5
  5. #00658e
  6. #005576
  7. #00445e
  8. #003347
  9. #00222f
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9ec
  2. #1ab2ee
  3. #33baf0
  4. #4dc3f2
  5. #66cbf4
  6. #80d4f6
  7. #99ddf7
  8. #b3e5f9
  9. #cceefb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9ec
  2. #0da5e1
  3. #1aa1d6
  4. #269dcc
  5. #3399c1
  6. #4095b6
  7. #4d90ab
  8. #5a8ca0
  9. #668896
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a9ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c96eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba9ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #559eeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9ec {
  color: #00a9ec;
}
Background
.bg-00a9ec {
  background-color: #00a9ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9ec {
  border: 2px solid #00a9ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9ec, #0033ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.74 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.57 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.05 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.25 #ff5613 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9ec  rgb(0, 169, 236)  hsl(197, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ec4300  rgb(236, 67, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 46%)  Coquelicot
#ec00a9  rgb(236, 0, 169)  hsl(317, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a9ec00  rgb(169, 236, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud