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#00A6DC

#00a6dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6dc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.1% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 24.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 194.73°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 7.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.5.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3244

Complementary

  1. #00a6dc
  2. #dc3600

Split complementary

  1. #00a6dc
  2. #dc0038
  3. #dca400

Analogous

  1. #00dca4
  2. #00a6dc
  3. #0038dc

Triadic

  1. #00a6dc
  2. #dc00a6
  3. #a6dc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6dc
  2. #3600dc
  3. #dc3600
  4. #a6dc00

Square

  1. #00a6dc
  2. #a400dc
  3. #dc3600
  4. #38dc00

Monochromatic

  1. #003343
  2. #006c90
  3. #00a6dc
  4. #2acbff
  5. #76ddff

Shades

#00a6dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6dc
  2. #0095c6
  3. #0085b0
  4. #00749a
  5. #006484
  6. #00536e
  7. #004258
  8. #003242
  9. #00212c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6dc
  2. #1aafe0
  3. #33b8e3
  4. #4dc1e7
  5. #66caea
  6. #80d3ee
  7. #99dbf1
  8. #b3e4f5
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6dc
  2. #0da2d3
  3. #1a9eca
  4. #269bc0
  5. #3397b7
  6. #4093ae
  7. #4d8fa5
  8. #5a8b9c
  9. #668892
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa4df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7193db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da5de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599bdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6dc {
  color: #00a6dc;
}
Background
.bg-00a6dc {
  background-color: #00a6dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6dc {
  border: 2px solid #00a6dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6dc, #0038dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.50 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.20 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.43 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.26 #ff5923 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6dc  rgb(0, 166, 220)  hsl(195, 100%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#dc3600  rgb(220, 54, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 43%)  Sinopia
#dc00a6  rgb(220, 0, 166)  hsl(315, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6dc00  rgb(166, 220, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green