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#00A2D7

#00a2d7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a2d7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.53% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 24.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 194.79°, with 100% saturation and 42.16% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3075

Complementary

  1. #00a2d7
  2. #d73500

Split complementary

  1. #00a2d7
  2. #d70037
  3. #d7a100

Analogous

  1. #00d7a1
  2. #00a2d7
  3. #0037d7

Triadic

  1. #00a2d7
  2. #d700a2
  3. #a2d700

Tetradic

  1. #00a2d7
  2. #3500d7
  3. #d73500
  4. #a2d700

Square

  1. #00a2d7
  2. #a100d7
  3. #d73500
  4. #37d700

Monochromatic

  1. #002f3e
  2. #00688b
  3. #00a2d7
  4. #25c9ff
  5. #71dcff

Shades

#00a2d7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a2d7
  2. #0092c2
  3. #0082ac
  4. #007197
  5. #006181
  6. #00516c
  7. #004156
  8. #003141
  9. #00202b
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a2d7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a2d7
  2. #1aabdb
  3. #33b5df
  4. #4dbee3
  5. #66c7e7
  6. #80d1eb
  7. #99daef
  8. #b3e3f3
  9. #ccecf7
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a2d7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a2d7
  2. #0d9fce
  3. #1a9bc6
  4. #2698bd
  5. #3394b4
  6. #4091ac
  7. #4d8ea3
  8. #5a8a9a
  9. #668791
  10. #738389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779bb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a0da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8fd6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa1d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5697d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a2d7 {
  color: #00a2d7;
}
Background
.bg-00a2d7 {
  background-color: #00a2d7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a2d7 {
  border: 2px solid #00a2d7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a2d7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 162 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a2d7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a2d7, #0037d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a2d7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 162 215 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.41 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.49 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.40 #ff5d28 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a2d7  rgb(0, 162, 215)  hsl(195, 100%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#d73500  rgb(215, 53, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d700a2  rgb(215, 0, 162)  hsl(315, 100%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2d700  rgb(162, 215, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 42%)  Yellow Green