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#00A0FF

#00a0ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a0ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 37.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 202.35°, with 100% saturation and 50% 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 7.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.15.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3236

Complementary

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #ff5f00

Split complementary

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #ff0021
  3. #ffde00

Analogous

  1. #00ffde
  2. #00a0ff
  3. #0021ff

Triadic

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #ff00a0
  3. #a0ff00

Tetradic

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #5f00ff
  3. #ff5f00
  4. #a0ff00

Square

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #de00ff
  3. #ff5f00
  4. #21ff00

Monochromatic

  1. #004066
  2. #0070b3
  3. #00a0ff
  4. #4dbdff
  5. #99d9ff

Shades

#00a0ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #0090e6
  3. #0080cc
  4. #0070b3
  5. #006099
  6. #005080
  7. #004066
  8. #00304d
  9. #002033
  10. #00101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a0ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #1aaaff
  3. #33b3ff
  4. #4dbdff
  5. #66c6ff
  6. #80d0ff
  7. #99d9ff
  8. #b3e3ff
  9. #ccecff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a0ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #0d9df2
  3. #1a9ae6
  4. #2696d9
  5. #3393cc
  6. #4090c0
  7. #4d8db3
  8. #5a8aa6
  9. #668699
  10. #73838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9ccb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #71a5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d91fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #59a3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c97fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aede ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a0ff {
  color: #00a0ff;
}
Background
.bg-00a0ff {
  background-color: #00a0ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a0ff {
  border: 2px solid #00a0ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a0ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 160 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a0ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a0ff, #0021ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a0ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 160 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.12 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.17 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.37 #ff5f00 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a0ff  rgb(0, 160, 255)  hsl(202, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5f00  rgb(255, 95, 0)  hsl(22, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#ff00a0  rgb(255, 0, 160)  hsl(322, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a0ff00  rgb(160, 255, 0)  hsl(82, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud