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#00AAE6

#00aae6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aae6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 66.67% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 195.65°, with 100% saturation and 45.1% 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 5.48.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3446

Complementary

  1. #00aae6
  2. #e63c00

Split complementary

  1. #00aae6
  2. #e60037
  3. #e6af00

Analogous

  1. #00e6af
  2. #00aae6
  3. #0037e6

Triadic

  1. #00aae6
  2. #e600aa
  3. #aae600

Tetradic

  1. #00aae6
  2. #3c00e6
  3. #e63c00
  4. #aae600

Square

  1. #00aae6
  2. #af00e6
  3. #e63c00
  4. #37e600

Monochromatic

  1. #00394d
  2. #00719a
  3. #00aae6
  4. #34caff
  5. #80deff

Shades

#00aae6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aae6
  2. #0099cf
  3. #0088b8
  4. #0077a1
  5. #00668a
  6. #005573
  7. #00445c
  8. #003345
  9. #00222e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aae6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aae6
  2. #1ab3e9
  3. #33bbeb
  4. #4dc4ee
  5. #66ccf0
  6. #80d5f3
  7. #99ddf5
  8. #b3e6f8
  9. #cceefa
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aae6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aae6
  2. #0da6dc
  3. #1aa2d2
  4. #269dc7
  5. #3399bd
  6. #4095b3
  7. #4d91a9
  8. #5a8d9f
  9. #668894
  10. #73848a
  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 #7da3bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca9e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7197e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea9e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599fe5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aae6 {
  color: #00aae6;
}
Background
.bg-00aae6 {
  background-color: #00aae6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aae6 {
  border: 2px solid #00aae6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aae6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aae6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aae6, #0037e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aae6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.48 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.84 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.03 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.86 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.80 #ff5519 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aae6  rgb(0, 170, 230)  hsl(196, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e63c00  rgb(230, 60, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 45%)  Ferrari Red
#e600aa  rgb(230, 0, 170)  hsl(316, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#aae600  rgb(170, 230, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud