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#00A4EF

#00a4ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4ef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 64.31% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 31.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 198.83°, with 100% saturation and 46.86% 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 7.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3278

Complementary

  1. #00a4ef
  2. #ef4b00

Split complementary

  1. #00a4ef
  2. #ef002c
  3. #efc200

Analogous

  1. #00efc2
  2. #00a4ef
  3. #002cef

Triadic

  1. #00a4ef
  2. #ef00a4
  3. #a4ef00

Tetradic

  1. #00a4ef
  2. #4b00ef
  3. #ef4b00
  4. #a4ef00

Square

  1. #00a4ef
  2. #c200ef
  3. #ef4b00
  4. #2cef00

Monochromatic

  1. #003b56
  2. #006fa2
  3. #00a4ef
  4. #3cc2ff
  5. #89daff

Shades

#00a4ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4ef
  2. #0094d7
  3. #0083bf
  4. #0073a7
  5. #00628f
  6. #005278
  7. #004260
  8. #003148
  9. #002130
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4ef
  2. #1aadf1
  3. #33b6f2
  4. #4dbff4
  5. #66c8f5
  6. #80d2f7
  7. #99dbf9
  8. #b3e4fa
  9. #ccedfc
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4ef
  2. #0da0e4
  3. #1a9dd9
  4. #2699ce
  5. #3396c3
  6. #4092b8
  7. #4d8eac
  8. #5a8ba1
  9. #668796
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa5f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6293ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a5f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d9aee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4ef {
  color: #00a4ef;
}
Background
.bg-00a4ef {
  background-color: #00a4ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4ef {
  border: 2px solid #00a4ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4ef, #002cef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.39 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.36 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.59 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.56 #ff5b10 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4ef  rgb(0, 164, 239)  hsl(199, 100%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#ef4b00  rgb(239, 75, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 47%)  Tangelo
#ef00a4  rgb(239, 0, 164)  hsl(319, 100%, 47%)  Persian Rose
#a4ef00  rgb(164, 239, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 47%)  Spring Bud