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#00AAFB

#00aafb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aafb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 32.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 199.36°, with 100% saturation and 49.22% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.41.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3571

Complementary

  1. #00aafb
  2. #fb5100

Split complementary

  1. #00aafb
  2. #fb002d
  3. #fbcf00

Analogous

  1. #00fbcf
  2. #00aafb
  3. #002dfb

Triadic

  1. #00aafb
  2. #fb00aa
  3. #aafb00

Tetradic

  1. #00aafb
  2. #5100fb
  3. #fb5100
  4. #aafb00

Square

  1. #00aafb
  2. #cf00fb
  3. #fb5100
  4. #2dfb00

Monochromatic

  1. #004262
  2. #0076af
  3. #00aafb
  4. #49c4ff
  5. #95ddff

Shades

#00aafb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aafb
  2. #0099e2
  3. #0088c9
  4. #0077b0
  5. #006697
  6. #00557e
  7. #004464
  8. #00334b
  9. #002232
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aafb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aafb
  2. #1ab3fb
  3. #33bbfc
  4. #4dc4fc
  5. #66ccfd
  6. #80d5fd
  7. #99ddfd
  8. #b3e6fe
  9. #cceefe
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aafb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aafb
  2. #0da6ef
  3. #1aa2e2
  4. #269dd6
  5. #3399ca
  6. #4095be
  7. #4d91b1
  8. #5a8da5
  9. #668899
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83acfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6398fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67abfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4ea0fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aafb {
  color: #00aafb;
}
Background
.bg-00aafb {
  background-color: #00aafb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aafb {
  border: 2px solid #00aafb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aafb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aafb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aafb, #002dfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aafb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.34 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.86 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.01 #ff5504 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aafb  rgb(0, 170, 251)  hsl(199, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fb5100  rgb(251, 81, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fb00aa  rgb(251, 0, 170)  hsl(319, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#aafb00  rgb(170, 251, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud