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#00AEFD

#00aefd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aefd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 68.24% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 31.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 198.74°, 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 8.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.09.

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Relative luminance0.3736

Complementary

  1. #00aefd
  2. #fd4f00

Split complementary

  1. #00aefd
  2. #fd002f
  3. #fdce00

Analogous

  1. #00fdce
  2. #00aefd
  3. #002ffd

Triadic

  1. #00aefd
  2. #fd00ae
  3. #aefd00

Tetradic

  1. #00aefd
  2. #4f00fd
  3. #fd4f00
  4. #aefd00

Square

  1. #00aefd
  2. #ce00fd
  3. #fd4f00
  4. #2ffd00

Monochromatic

  1. #004564
  2. #0079b1
  3. #00aefd
  4. #4bc7ff
  5. #97dfff

Shades

#00aefd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aefd
  2. #009de4
  3. #008bca
  4. #007ab1
  5. #006898
  6. #00577f
  7. #004665
  8. #00344c
  9. #002333
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aefd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aefd
  2. #1ab6fd
  3. #33befd
  4. #4dc6fe
  5. #66cefe
  6. #80d7fe
  7. #99dffe
  8. #b3e7fe
  9. #ccefff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aefd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aefd
  2. #0da9f1
  3. #1aa5e4
  4. #26a0d8
  5. #339ccb
  6. #4097bf
  7. #4d92b2
  8. #5a8ea6
  9. #668999
  10. #73858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a8ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88afff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #699cfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6bafff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #52a3fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aefd {
  color: #00aefd;
}
Background
.bg-00aefd {
  background-color: #00aefd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aefd {
  border: 2px solid #00aefd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aefd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 174 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aefd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aefd, #002ffd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aefd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 174 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.88 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.90 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.08 #ff5102 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aefd  rgb(0, 174, 253)  hsl(199, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fd4f00  rgb(253, 79, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fd00ae  rgb(253, 0, 174)  hsl(319, 100%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#aefd00  rgb(174, 253, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud