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#00A1FD

#00a1fd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a1fd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 36.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, with 100% saturation and 49.61% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3258

Complementary

  1. #00a1fd
  2. #fd5c00

Split complementary

  1. #00a1fd
  2. #fd0022
  3. #fddb00

Analogous

  1. #00fddb
  2. #00a1fd
  3. #0022fd

Triadic

  1. #00a1fd
  2. #fd00a1
  3. #a1fd00

Tetradic

  1. #00a1fd
  2. #5c00fd
  3. #fd5c00
  4. #a1fd00

Square

  1. #00a1fd
  2. #db00fd
  3. #fd5c00
  4. #22fd00

Monochromatic

  1. #004064
  2. #0070b1
  3. #00a1fd
  4. #4bbdff
  5. #97d9ff

Shades

#00a1fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a1fd
  2. #0091e4
  3. #0081ca
  4. #0071b1
  5. #006198
  6. #00517f
  7. #004065
  8. #00304c
  9. #002033
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a1fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a1fd
  2. #1aaafd
  3. #33b4fd
  4. #4dbdfe
  5. #66c7fe
  6. #80d0fe
  7. #99d9fe
  8. #b3e3fe
  9. #ccecff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a1fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a1fd
  2. #0d9ef1
  3. #1a9ae4
  4. #2697d8
  5. #3394cb
  6. #4091bf
  7. #4d8db2
  8. #5a8aa6
  9. #668799
  10. #73838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9dca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #74a5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5192fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ba4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3f98fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a1fd {
  color: #00a1fd;
}
Background
.bg-00a1fd {
  background-color: #00a1fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a1fd {
  border: 2px solid #00a1fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a1fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 161 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a1fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a1fd, #0022fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a1fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 161 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.00 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.58 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.13 #ff5e02 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a1fd  rgb(0, 161, 253)  hsl(202, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fd5c00  rgb(253, 92, 0)  hsl(22, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#fd00a1  rgb(253, 0, 161)  hsl(322, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a1fd00  rgb(161, 253, 0)  hsl(82, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud