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#00A9FE

#00a9fe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9fe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 200.08°, with 100% saturation and 49.8% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.44.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3553

Complementary

  1. #00a9fe
  2. #fe5500

Split complementary

  1. #00a9fe
  2. #fe002a
  3. #fed400

Analogous

  1. #00fed4
  2. #00a9fe
  3. #002afe

Triadic

  1. #00a9fe
  2. #fe00a9
  3. #a9fe00

Tetradic

  1. #00a9fe
  2. #5500fe
  3. #fe5500
  4. #a9fe00

Square

  1. #00a9fe
  2. #d400fe
  3. #fe5500
  4. #2afe00

Monochromatic

  1. #004365
  2. #0076b1
  3. #00a9fe
  4. #4bc3ff
  5. #98ddff

Shades

#00a9fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9fe
  2. #0098e5
  3. #0087cb
  4. #0076b2
  5. #006598
  6. #00557f
  7. #004466
  8. #00334c
  9. #002233
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9fe
  2. #1ab2fe
  3. #33bafe
  4. #4dc3fe
  5. #66cbfe
  6. #80d4ff
  7. #99ddff
  8. #b3e5ff
  9. #cceeff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9fe
  2. #0da5f1
  3. #1aa1e5
  4. #269dd8
  5. #3399cc
  6. #4095bf
  7. #4d90b2
  8. #5a8ca6
  9. #668899
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f98fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64abff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a9ffd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9fe {
  color: #00a9fe;
}
Background
.bg-00a9fe {
  background-color: #00a9fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9fe {
  border: 2px solid #00a9fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9fe, #002afe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.09 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.24 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.25 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.09 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.81 #ff5601 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9fe  rgb(0, 169, 254)  hsl(200, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fe5500  rgb(254, 85, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fe00a9  rgb(254, 0, 169)  hsl(320, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a9fe00  rgb(169, 254, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud