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#00AAFE

#00aafe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aafe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 199.84°, with 100% saturation and 49.8% 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.55.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3591

Complementary

  1. #00aafe
  2. #fe5400

Split complementary

  1. #00aafe
  2. #fe002b
  3. #fed300

Analogous

  1. #00fed3
  2. #00aafe
  3. #002bfe

Triadic

  1. #00aafe
  2. #fe00aa
  3. #aafe00

Tetradic

  1. #00aafe
  2. #5400fe
  3. #fe5400
  4. #aafe00

Square

  1. #00aafe
  2. #d300fe
  3. #fe5400
  4. #2bfe00

Monochromatic

  1. #004465
  2. #0077b1
  3. #00aafe
  4. #4bc4ff
  5. #98ddff

Shades

#00aafe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aafe
  2. #0099e5
  3. #0088cb
  4. #0077b2
  5. #006698
  6. #00557f
  7. #004466
  8. #00334c
  9. #002233
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aafe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aafe
  2. #1ab3fe
  3. #33bbfe
  4. #4dc4fe
  5. #66ccfe
  6. #80d5ff
  7. #99ddff
  8. #b3e6ff
  9. #cceeff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aafe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aafe
  2. #0da6f1
  3. #1aa2e5
  4. #269dd8
  5. #3399cc
  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 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6199fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66abff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4ca0fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aafe {
  color: #00aafe;
}
Background
.bg-00aafe {
  background-color: #00aafe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aafe {
  border: 2px solid #00aafe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aafe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aafe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aafe, #002bfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aafe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.03 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.11 #ff5501 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aafe  rgb(0, 170, 254)  hsl(200, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fe5400  rgb(254, 84, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fe00aa  rgb(254, 0, 170)  hsl(320, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#aafe00  rgb(170, 254, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud