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#0097E6

#0097e6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0097e6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 59.22% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 34.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 200.61°, with 100% saturation and 45.1% 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 6.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2785

Complementary

  1. #0097e6
  2. #e64f00

Split complementary

  1. #0097e6
  2. #e60024
  3. #e6c200

Analogous

  1. #00e6c2
  2. #0097e6
  3. #0024e6

Triadic

  1. #0097e6
  2. #e60097
  3. #97e600

Tetradic

  1. #0097e6
  2. #4f00e6
  3. #e64f00
  4. #97e600

Square

  1. #0097e6
  2. #c200e6
  3. #e64f00
  4. #24e600

Monochromatic

  1. #00334d
  2. #00659a
  3. #0097e6
  4. #34b9ff
  5. #80d3ff

Shades

#0097e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0097e6
  2. #0088cf
  3. #0079b8
  4. #006aa1
  5. #005b8a
  6. #004c73
  7. #003c5c
  8. #002d45
  9. #001e2e
  10. #000f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#0097e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0097e6
  2. #1aa1e9
  3. #33aceb
  4. #4db6ee
  5. #66c1f0
  6. #80cbf3
  7. #99d5f5
  8. #b3e0f8
  9. #cceafa
  10. #e6f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0097e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0097e6
  2. #0d95dc
  3. #1a92d2
  4. #2690c7
  5. #338ebd
  6. #408cb3
  7. #4d89a9
  8. #5a879f
  9. #668594
  10. #73828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7293b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719ae9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5388e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5899e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #408ee5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0097e6 {
  color: #0097e6;
}
Background
.bg-0097e6 {
  background-color: #0097e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0097e6 {
  border: 2px solid #0097e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0097e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 151 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0097e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0097e6, #0024e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0097e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 151 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.82 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.13 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.64 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.43 #ff6819 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0097e6  rgb(0, 151, 230)  hsl(201, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e64f00  rgb(230, 79, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 45%)  Persimmon
#e60097  rgb(230, 0, 151)  hsl(321, 100%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#97e600  rgb(151, 230, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud