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#00A9F4

#00a9f4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a9f4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 66.27% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 30.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 198.44°, with 100% saturation and 47.84% 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 7.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.04.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3491

Complementary

  1. #00a9f4
  2. #f44b00

Split complementary

  1. #00a9f4
  2. #f4002f
  3. #f4c500

Analogous

  1. #00f4c5
  2. #00a9f4
  3. #002ff4

Triadic

  1. #00a9f4
  2. #f400a9
  3. #a9f400

Tetradic

  1. #00a9f4
  2. #4b00f4
  3. #f44b00
  4. #a9f400

Square

  1. #00a9f4
  2. #c500f4
  3. #f44b00
  4. #2ff400

Monochromatic

  1. #003f5b
  2. #0074a7
  3. #00a9f4
  4. #41c5ff
  5. #8edcff

Shades

#00a9f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9f4
  2. #0098dc
  3. #0087c3
  4. #0076ab
  5. #006592
  6. #00557a
  7. #004462
  8. #003349
  9. #002231
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9f4
  2. #1ab2f5
  3. #33baf6
  4. #4dc3f7
  5. #66cbf8
  6. #80d4fa
  7. #99ddfb
  8. #b3e5fc
  9. #cceefd
  10. #e6f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9f4
  2. #0da5e8
  3. #1aa1dd
  4. #269dd1
  5. #3399c6
  6. #4095ba
  7. #4d90ae
  8. #5a8ca3
  9. #668897
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea3c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84aaf7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6797f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68aaf6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #509ff3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a9f4 {
  color: #00a9f4;
}
Background
.bg-00a9f4 {
  background-color: #00a9f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9f4 {
  border: 2px solid #00a9f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9f4, #002ff4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.04 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.43 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.72 #ff560b Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9f4  rgb(0, 169, 244)  hsl(198, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f44b00  rgb(244, 75, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f400a9  rgb(244, 0, 169)  hsl(318, 100%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#a9f400  rgb(169, 244, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud