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#00AADF

#00aadf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aadf is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 66.67% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 194.26°, with 100% saturation and 43.73% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.17.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3408

Complementary

  1. #00aadf
  2. #df3500

Split complementary

  1. #00aadf
  2. #df003b
  3. #dfa500

Analogous

  1. #00dfa5
  2. #00aadf
  3. #003bdf

Triadic

  1. #00aadf
  2. #df00aa
  3. #aadf00

Tetradic

  1. #00aadf
  2. #3500df
  3. #df3500
  4. #aadf00

Square

  1. #00aadf
  2. #a500df
  3. #df3500
  4. #3bdf00

Monochromatic

  1. #003546
  2. #007093
  3. #00aadf
  4. #2dcdff
  5. #79dfff

Shades

#00aadf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aadf
  2. #0099c9
  3. #0088b2
  4. #00779c
  5. #006686
  6. #005570
  7. #004459
  8. #003343
  9. #00222d
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aadf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aadf
  2. #1ab3e2
  3. #33bbe5
  4. #4dc4e9
  5. #66ccec
  6. #80d5ef
  7. #99ddf2
  8. #b3e6f5
  9. #cceef9
  10. #e6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aadf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aadf
  2. #0da6d6
  3. #1aa2cc
  4. #269dc3
  5. #3399b9
  6. #4095b0
  7. #4d91a6
  8. #5a8d9d
  9. #668893
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea8e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7596de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a9e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9edf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aadf {
  color: #00aadf;
}
Background
.bg-00aadf {
  background-color: #00aadf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aadf {
  border: 2px solid #00aadf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aadf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aadf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aadf, #003bdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aadf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.36 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.78 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.05 #ff5520 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aadf  rgb(0, 170, 223)  hsl(194, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#df3500  rgb(223, 53, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#df00aa  rgb(223, 0, 170)  hsl(314, 100%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#aadf00  rgb(170, 223, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green