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#00AAF6

#00aaf6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aaf6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 30.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 198.54°, with 100% saturation and 48.24% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.24.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.354

Complementary

  1. #00aaf6
  2. #f64c00

Split complementary

  1. #00aaf6
  2. #f6002f
  3. #f6c700

Analogous

  1. #00f6c7
  2. #00aaf6
  3. #002ff6

Triadic

  1. #00aaf6
  2. #f600aa
  3. #aaf600

Tetradic

  1. #00aaf6
  2. #4c00f6
  3. #f64c00
  4. #aaf600

Square

  1. #00aaf6
  2. #c700f6
  3. #f64c00
  4. #2ff600

Monochromatic

  1. #00405d
  2. #0075aa
  3. #00aaf6
  4. #44c5ff
  5. #90ddff

Shades

#00aaf6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aaf6
  2. #0099dd
  3. #0088c5
  4. #0077ac
  5. #006694
  6. #00557b
  7. #004462
  8. #00334a
  9. #002231
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aaf6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aaf6
  2. #1ab3f7
  3. #33bbf8
  4. #4dc4f9
  5. #66ccfa
  6. #80d5fb
  7. #99ddfb
  8. #b3e6fc
  9. #cceefd
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aaf6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aaf6
  2. #0da6ea
  3. #1aa2de
  4. #269dd3
  5. #3399c7
  6. #4095bb
  7. #4d91af
  8. #5a8da3
  9. #668898
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85abf9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6798f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69abf8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #51a0f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aaf6 {
  color: #00aaf6;
}
Background
.bg-00aaf6 {
  background-color: #00aaf6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aaf6 {
  border: 2px solid #00aaf6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aaf6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aaf6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aaf6, #002ff6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aaf6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 246 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.24 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.36 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.52 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.92 #ff5509 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aaf6  rgb(0, 170, 246)  hsl(199, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f64c00  rgb(246, 76, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f600aa  rgb(246, 0, 170)  hsl(319, 100%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#aaf600  rgb(170, 246, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud