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#00A2DC

#00a2dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a2dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.53% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 26.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 195.82°, 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.69.

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Relative luminance0.3101

Complementary

  1. #00a2dc
  2. #dc3a00

Split complementary

  1. #00a2dc
  2. #dc0034
  3. #dca800

Analogous

  1. #00dca8
  2. #00a2dc
  3. #0034dc

Triadic

  1. #00a2dc
  2. #dc00a2
  3. #a2dc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a2dc
  2. #3a00dc
  3. #dc3a00
  4. #a2dc00

Square

  1. #00a2dc
  2. #a800dc
  3. #dc3a00
  4. #34dc00

Monochromatic

  1. #003143
  2. #006a90
  3. #00a2dc
  4. #2ac7ff
  5. #76dbff

Shades

#00a2dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a2dc
  2. #0092c6
  3. #0082b0
  4. #00719a
  5. #006184
  6. #00516e
  7. #004158
  8. #003142
  9. #00202c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a2dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a2dc
  2. #1aabe0
  3. #33b5e3
  4. #4dbee7
  5. #66c7ea
  6. #80d1ee
  7. #99daf1
  8. #b3e3f5
  9. #ccecf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a2dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a2dc
  2. #0d9fd3
  3. #1a9bca
  4. #2698c0
  5. #3394b7
  6. #4091ae
  7. #4d8ea5
  8. #5a8a9c
  9. #668792
  10. #738389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779cb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a1df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b90db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a1de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5497db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a2dc {
  color: #00a2dc;
}
Background
.bg-00a2dc {
  background-color: #00a2dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a2dc {
  border: 2px solid #00a2dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a2dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 162 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a2dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a2dc, #0034dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a2dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 162 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.22 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.97 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.94 #ff5d23 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a2dc  rgb(0, 162, 220)  hsl(196, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dc3a00  rgb(220, 58, 0)  hsl(16, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dc00a2  rgb(220, 0, 162)  hsl(316, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2dc00  rgb(162, 220, 0)  hsl(76, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green