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#00A1DC

#00a1dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a1dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.14% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 196.09°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 7.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.55.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3066

Complementary

  1. #00a1dc
  2. #dc3b00

Split complementary

  1. #00a1dc
  2. #dc0033
  3. #dca900

Analogous

  1. #00dca9
  2. #00a1dc
  3. #0033dc

Triadic

  1. #00a1dc
  2. #dc00a1
  3. #a1dc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a1dc
  2. #3b00dc
  3. #dc3b00
  4. #a1dc00

Square

  1. #00a1dc
  2. #a900dc
  3. #dc3b00
  4. #33dc00

Monochromatic

  1. #003143
  2. #006990
  3. #00a1dc
  4. #2ac6ff
  5. #76daff

Shades

#00a1dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a1dc
  2. #0091c6
  3. #0081b0
  4. #00719a
  5. #006184
  6. #00516e
  7. #004058
  8. #003042
  9. #00202c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a1dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a1dc
  2. #1aaae0
  3. #33b4e3
  4. #4dbde7
  5. #66c7ea
  6. #80d0ee
  7. #99d9f1
  8. #b3e3f5
  9. #ccecf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a1dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a1dc
  2. #0d9ed3
  3. #1a9aca
  4. #2697c0
  5. #3394b7
  6. #4091ae
  7. #4d8da5
  8. #5a8a9c
  9. #668792
  10. #738389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779bb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a0df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a8fdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a0de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5396db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a1dc {
  color: #00a1dc;
}
Background
.bg-00a1dc {
  background-color: #00a1dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a1dc {
  border: 2px solid #00a1dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a1dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 161 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a1dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a1dc, #0033dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a1dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 161 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.84 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.16 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.32 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.62 #ff5e23 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a1dc  rgb(0, 161, 220)  hsl(196, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dc3b00  rgb(220, 59, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dc00a1  rgb(220, 0, 161)  hsl(316, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a1dc00  rgb(161, 220, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green