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#00A0E3

#00a0e3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0e3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 62.75% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 197.71°, with 100% saturation and 44.51% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.09.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3069

Complementary

  1. #00a0e3
  2. #e34300

Split complementary

  1. #00a0e3
  2. #e3002e
  3. #e3b500

Analogous

  1. #00e3b5
  2. #00a0e3
  3. #002ee3

Triadic

  1. #00a0e3
  2. #e300a0
  3. #a0e300

Tetradic

  1. #00a0e3
  2. #4300e3
  3. #e34300
  4. #a0e300

Square

  1. #00a0e3
  2. #b500e3
  3. #e34300
  4. #2ee300

Monochromatic

  1. #00344a
  2. #006a97
  3. #00a0e3
  4. #31c2ff
  5. #7dd9ff

Shades

#00a0e3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0e3
  2. #0090cc
  3. #0080b6
  4. #00709f
  5. #006088
  6. #005072
  7. #00405b
  8. #003044
  9. #00202d
  10. #001017
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0e3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0e3
  2. #1aaae6
  3. #33b3e9
  4. #4dbdeb
  5. #66c6ee
  6. #80d0f1
  7. #99d9f4
  8. #b3e3f7
  9. #ccecf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0e3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0e3
  2. #0d9dd9
  3. #1a9acf
  4. #2696c5
  5. #3393bb
  6. #4090b2
  7. #4d8da8
  8. #5a8a9e
  9. #668694
  10. #73838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779aba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa0e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648fe2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a0e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e96e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0e3 {
  color: #00a0e3;
}
Background
.bg-00a0e3 {
  background-color: #00a0e3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0e3 {
  border: 2px solid #00a0e3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0e3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0e3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0e3, #002ee3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0e3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.49 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.04 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.28 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.04 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.07 #ff5f1c Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0e3  rgb(0, 160, 227)  hsl(198, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e34300  rgb(227, 67, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 45%)  Flame
#e300a0  rgb(227, 0, 160)  hsl(318, 100%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#a0e300  rgb(160, 227, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 45%)  Inchworm