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#01ACFF

#01acff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#01acff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.61% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 199.61°, with 100% saturation and 50.2% 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.85.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3673

Complementary

  1. #01acff
  2. #ff5401

Split complementary

  1. #01acff
  2. #ff012d
  3. #ffd301

Analogous

  1. #01ffd3
  2. #01acff
  3. #012dff

Triadic

  1. #01acff
  2. #ff01ac
  3. #acff01

Tetradic

  1. #01acff
  2. #5401ff
  3. #ff5401
  4. #acff01

Square

  1. #01acff
  2. #d301ff
  3. #ff5401
  4. #2dff01

Monochromatic

  1. #004567
  2. #0079b4
  3. #01acff
  4. #4ec5ff
  5. #9adeff

Shades

#01acff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01acff
  2. #019be6
  3. #018acc
  4. #0178b3
  5. #016799
  6. #015680
  7. #004566
  8. #00344d
  9. #002233
  10. #00111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#01acff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01acff
  2. #1ab4ff
  3. #34bdff
  4. #4dc5ff
  5. #67cdff
  6. #80d6ff
  7. #99deff
  8. #b3e6ff
  9. #cceeff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01acff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01acff
  2. #0ea8f2
  3. #1aa3e6
  4. #279fd9
  5. #349acc
  6. #4196c0
  7. #4d92b3
  8. #5a8da6
  9. #678999
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a7ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #649afd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68adff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4ea2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01acff {
  color: #01acff;
}
Background
.bg-01acff {
  background-color: #01acff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01acff {
  border: 2px solid #01acff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01acff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01acff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01acff, #012dff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01acff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.03 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.21 #fe5300 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#01acff  rgb(1, 172, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5401  rgb(255, 84, 1)  hsl(20, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#ff01ac  rgb(255, 1, 172)  hsl(320, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#acff01  rgb(172, 255, 1)  hsl(80, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud