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#00A7FF

#00a7ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a7ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.49% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 34.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.71°, with 100% saturation and 50% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.31.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3486

Complementary

  1. #00a7ff
  2. #ff5800

Split complementary

  1. #00a7ff
  2. #ff0027
  3. #ffd800

Analogous

  1. #00ffd8
  2. #00a7ff
  3. #0027ff

Triadic

  1. #00a7ff
  2. #ff00a7
  3. #a7ff00

Tetradic

  1. #00a7ff
  2. #5800ff
  3. #ff5800
  4. #a7ff00

Square

  1. #00a7ff
  2. #d800ff
  3. #ff5800
  4. #27ff00

Monochromatic

  1. #004366
  2. #0075b3
  3. #00a7ff
  4. #4dc1ff
  5. #99dcff

Shades

#00a7ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a7ff
  2. #0096e6
  3. #0086cc
  4. #0075b3
  5. #006499
  6. #005480
  7. #004366
  8. #00324d
  9. #002133
  10. #00111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a7ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a7ff
  2. #1ab0ff
  3. #33b9ff
  4. #4dc1ff
  5. #66caff
  6. #80d3ff
  7. #99dcff
  8. #b3e5ff
  9. #ccedff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a7ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a7ff
  2. #0da3f2
  3. #1a9fe6
  4. #269bd9
  5. #3397cc
  6. #4094c0
  7. #4d90b3
  8. #5a8ca6
  9. #668899
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea2cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7caaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b97fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #479dfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a7ff {
  color: #00a7ff;
}
Background
.bg-00a7ff {
  background-color: #00a7ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a7ff {
  border: 2px solid #00a7ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a7ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 167 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a7ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a7ff, #0027ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a7ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 167 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.68 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.91 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.38 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.16 #ff5800 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a7ff  rgb(0, 167, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5800  rgb(255, 88, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#ff00a7  rgb(255, 0, 167)  hsl(321, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a7ff00  rgb(167, 255, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud