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#0099E6

#0099e6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0099e6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 60% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 200.09°, 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 6.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.61.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.285

Complementary

  1. #0099e6
  2. #e64d00

Split complementary

  1. #0099e6
  2. #e60026
  3. #e6c000

Analogous

  1. #00e6c0
  2. #0099e6
  3. #0026e6

Triadic

  1. #0099e6
  2. #e60099
  3. #99e600

Tetradic

  1. #0099e6
  2. #4d00e6
  3. #e64d00
  4. #99e600

Square

  1. #0099e6
  2. #c000e6
  3. #e64d00
  4. #26e600

Monochromatic

  1. #00334d
  2. #00669a
  3. #0099e6
  4. #34bbff
  5. #80d4ff

Shades

#0099e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0099e6
  2. #008acf
  3. #007ab8
  4. #006ba1
  5. #005c8a
  6. #004d73
  7. #003d5c
  8. #002e45
  9. #001f2e
  10. #000f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#0099e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0099e6
  2. #1aa3e9
  3. #33adeb
  4. #4db8ee
  5. #66c2f0
  6. #80ccf3
  7. #99d6f5
  8. #b3e0f8
  9. #ccebfa
  10. #e6f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0099e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0099e6
  2. #0d97dc
  3. #1a94d2
  4. #2692c7
  5. #338fbd
  6. #408db3
  7. #4d8aa9
  8. #5a889f
  9. #668594
  10. #73838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7395b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749be9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5689e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b9ae8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4390e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0099e6 {
  color: #0099e6;
}
Background
.bg-0099e6 {
  background-color: #0099e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0099e6 {
  border: 2px solid #0099e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0099e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 153 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0099e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0099e6, #0026e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0099e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 153 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.61 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.25 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.89 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.50 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.18 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.76 #ff6619 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0099e6  rgb(0, 153, 230)  hsl(200, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e64d00  rgb(230, 77, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e60099  rgb(230, 0, 153)  hsl(320, 100%, 45%)  Persian Rose
#99e600  rgb(153, 230, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud