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#00A4F5

#00a4f5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a4f5 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 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 199.84°, with 100% saturation and 48.04% 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 7.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.59.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3314

Complementary

  1. #00a4f5
  2. #f55100

Split complementary

  1. #00a4f5
  2. #f50029
  3. #f5cc00

Analogous

  1. #00f5cc
  2. #00a4f5
  3. #0029f5

Triadic

  1. #00a4f5
  2. #f500a4
  3. #a4f500

Tetradic

  1. #00a4f5
  2. #5100f5
  3. #f55100
  4. #a4f500

Square

  1. #00a4f5
  2. #cc00f5
  3. #f55100
  4. #29f500

Monochromatic

  1. #003e5c
  2. #0071a9
  3. #00a4f5
  4. #43c1ff
  5. #8fdaff

Shades

#00a4f5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a4f5
  2. #0094dd
  3. #0083c4
  4. #0073ac
  5. #006293
  6. #00527b
  7. #004262
  8. #00314a
  9. #002131
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a4f5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a4f5
  2. #1aadf6
  3. #33b6f7
  4. #4dbff8
  5. #66c8f9
  6. #80d2fa
  7. #99dbfb
  8. #b3e4fc
  9. #ccedfd
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a4f5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a4f5
  2. #0da0e9
  3. #1a9dde
  4. #2699d2
  5. #3396c6
  6. #4092bb
  7. #4d8eaf
  8. #5a8ba3
  9. #668797
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9fc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da6f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e93f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a5f7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #499af4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a4f5 {
  color: #00a4f5;
}
Background
.bg-00a4f5 {
  background-color: #00a4f5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a4f5 {
  border: 2px solid #00a4f5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a4f5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 164 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a4f5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a4f5, #0029f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a4f5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 164 245 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.32 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.89 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.02 #ff5b0a Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a4f5  rgb(0, 164, 245)  hsl(200, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f55100  rgb(245, 81, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f500a4  rgb(245, 0, 164)  hsl(320, 100%, 48%)  Persian Rose
#a4f500  rgb(164, 245, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud