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#00A0F6

#00a0f6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0f6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 34.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 200.98°, with 100% saturation and 48.24% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). 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 luminance0.318

Complementary

  1. #00a0f6
  2. #f65600

Split complementary

  1. #00a0f6
  2. #f60025
  3. #f6d100

Analogous

  1. #00f6d1
  2. #00a0f6
  3. #0025f6

Triadic

  1. #00a0f6
  2. #f600a0
  3. #a0f600

Tetradic

  1. #00a0f6
  2. #5600f6
  3. #f65600
  4. #a0f600

Square

  1. #00a0f6
  2. #d100f6
  3. #f65600
  4. #25f600

Monochromatic

  1. #003c5d
  2. #006eaa
  3. #00a0f6
  4. #44bdff
  5. #90d8ff

Shades

#00a0f6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0f6
  2. #0090dd
  3. #0080c5
  4. #0070ac
  5. #006094
  6. #00507b
  7. #004062
  8. #00304a
  9. #002031
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0f6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0f6
  2. #1aaaf7
  3. #33b3f8
  4. #4dbdf9
  5. #66c6fa
  6. #80d0fb
  7. #99d9fb
  8. #b3e3fc
  9. #ccecfd
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0f6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0f6
  2. #0d9dea
  3. #1a9ade
  4. #2696d3
  5. #3393c7
  6. #4090bb
  7. #4d8daf
  8. #5a8aa3
  9. #668698
  10. #73838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799cc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a3fa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5690f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5da2f8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4397f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0f6 {
  color: #00a0f6;
}
Background
.bg-00a0f6 {
  background-color: #00a0f6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0f6 {
  border: 2px solid #00a0f6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0f6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0f6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0f6, #0025f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0f6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 246 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.15 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.45 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.80 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.43 #ff5f09 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0f6  rgb(0, 160, 246)  hsl(201, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f65600  rgb(246, 86, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 48%)  Persimmon
#f600a0  rgb(246, 0, 160)  hsl(321, 100%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a0f600  rgb(160, 246, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud