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#00AAFD

#00aafd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aafd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 32.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 199.68°, with 100% saturation and 49.61% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.5.

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Relative luminance0.3584

Complementary

  1. #00aafd
  2. #fd5300

Split complementary

  1. #00aafd
  2. #fd002c
  3. #fdd100

Analogous

  1. #00fdd1
  2. #00aafd
  3. #002cfd

Triadic

  1. #00aafd
  2. #fd00aa
  3. #aafd00

Tetradic

  1. #00aafd
  2. #5300fd
  3. #fd5300
  4. #aafd00

Square

  1. #00aafd
  2. #d100fd
  3. #fd5300
  4. #2cfd00

Monochromatic

  1. #004364
  2. #0077b1
  3. #00aafd
  4. #4bc4ff
  5. #97ddff

Shades

#00aafd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aafd
  2. #0099e4
  3. #0088ca
  4. #0077b1
  5. #006698
  6. #00557f
  7. #004465
  8. #00334c
  9. #002233
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aafd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aafd
  2. #1ab3fd
  3. #33bbfd
  4. #4dc4fe
  5. #66ccfe
  6. #80d5fe
  7. #99ddfe
  8. #b3e6fe
  9. #cceeff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aafd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aafd
  2. #0da6f1
  3. #1aa2e4
  4. #269dd8
  5. #3399cb
  6. #4095bf
  7. #4d91b2
  8. #5a8da6
  9. #668899
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6299fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66abff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4ca0fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aafd {
  color: #00aafd;
}
Background
.bg-00aafd {
  background-color: #00aafd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aafd {
  border: 2px solid #00aafd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aafd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aafd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aafd, #002cfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aafd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.04 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.68 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.18 #ff5502 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aafd  rgb(0, 170, 253)  hsl(200, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fd5300  rgb(253, 83, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fd00aa  rgb(253, 0, 170)  hsl(320, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#aafd00  rgb(170, 253, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud