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#00A3D6

#00a3d6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a3d6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 63.92% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 23.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 194.3°, with 100% saturation and 41.96% 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 7.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.66.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3105

Complementary

  1. #00a3d6
  2. #d63300

Split complementary

  1. #00a3d6
  2. #d60038
  3. #d69e00

Analogous

  1. #00d69e
  2. #00a3d6
  3. #0038d6

Triadic

  1. #00a3d6
  2. #d600a3
  3. #a3d600

Tetradic

  1. #00a3d6
  2. #3300d6
  3. #d63300
  4. #a3d600

Square

  1. #00a3d6
  2. #9e00d6
  3. #d63300
  4. #38d600

Monochromatic

  1. #002e3d
  2. #006989
  3. #00a3d6
  4. #23cbff
  5. #70ddff

Shades

#00a3d6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a3d6
  2. #0093c1
  3. #0082ab
  4. #007296
  5. #006280
  6. #00526b
  7. #004156
  8. #003140
  9. #00212b
  10. #001015
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a3d6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a3d6
  2. #1aacda
  3. #33b5de
  4. #4dbfe2
  5. #66c8e6
  6. #80d1eb
  7. #99daef
  8. #b3e3f3
  9. #ccedf7
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a3d6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a3d6
  2. #0da0cd
  3. #1a9cc5
  4. #2699bc
  5. #3395b4
  6. #4092ab
  7. #4d8ea2
  8. #5a8b9a
  9. #668791
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789cb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a1d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7090d5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca2d7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5898d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a3d6 {
  color: #00a3d6;
}
Background
.bg-00a3d6 {
  background-color: #00a3d6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a3d6 {
  border: 2px solid #00a3d6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a3d6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 163 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 100% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a3d6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a3d6, #0038d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a3d6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 163 214 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.84 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.23 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.44 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.41 #ff5c29 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a3d6  rgb(0, 163, 214)  hsl(194, 100%, 42%)  Carolina Blue
#d63300  rgb(214, 51, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d600a3  rgb(214, 0, 163)  hsl(314, 100%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3d600  rgb(163, 214, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 42%)  Yellow Green