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#00A6DE

#00a6de ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6de is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.1% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 195.14°, with 100% saturation and 43.53% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.26.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3255

Complementary

  1. #00a6de
  2. #de3800

Split complementary

  1. #00a6de
  2. #de0037
  3. #dea700

Analogous

  1. #00dea7
  2. #00a6de
  3. #0037de

Triadic

  1. #00a6de
  2. #de00a6
  3. #a6de00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6de
  2. #3800de
  3. #de3800
  4. #a6de00

Square

  1. #00a6de
  2. #a700de
  3. #de3800
  4. #37de00

Monochromatic

  1. #003445
  2. #006d92
  3. #00a6de
  4. #2ccaff
  5. #78ddff

Shades

#00a6de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6de
  2. #0095c8
  3. #0085b2
  4. #00749b
  5. #006485
  6. #00536f
  7. #004259
  8. #003243
  9. #00212c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6de
  2. #1aafe1
  3. #33b8e5
  4. #4dc1e8
  5. #66caeb
  6. #80d3ef
  7. #99dbf2
  8. #b3e4f5
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6de
  2. #0da2d5
  3. #1a9ecb
  4. #269bc2
  5. #3397b8
  6. #4093af
  7. #4d8fa6
  8. #5a8b9c
  9. #668893
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a4e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7093dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca5e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589bdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6de {
  color: #00a6de;
}
Background
.bg-00a6de {
  background-color: #00a6de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6de {
  border: 2px solid #00a6de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6de, #0037de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.26 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.97 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.40 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.22 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.32 #ff5921 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a6de  rgb(0, 166, 222)  hsl(195, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#de3800  rgb(222, 56, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#de00a6  rgb(222, 0, 166)  hsl(315, 100%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6de00  rgb(166, 222, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green