ColorTool
Log in
#00A9FC

#00a9fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
Check contrast Explore in graph Random color

#00a9fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 199.76°, with 100% saturation and 49.41% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.34.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

HEX
RGB
RGB percent
CMY
CMYK
HSL
HSV / HSB
Web safe#0099ff
CIE-LAB
XYZ
xyY
CIE-LCH
CIE-LUV
Hunter-Lab
OKLab
Binary
Decimal
Relative luminance0.354

Complementary

  1. #00a9fc
  2. #fc5300

Split complementary

  1. #00a9fc
  2. #fc002b
  3. #fcd100

Analogous

  1. #00fcd1
  2. #00a9fc
  3. #002bfc

Triadic

  1. #00a9fc
  2. #fc00a9
  3. #a9fc00

Tetradic

  1. #00a9fc
  2. #5300fc
  3. #fc5300
  4. #a9fc00

Square

  1. #00a9fc
  2. #d100fc
  3. #fc5300
  4. #2bfc00

Monochromatic

  1. #004263
  2. #0076af
  3. #00a9fc
  4. #49c3ff
  5. #96dcff

Shades

#00a9fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a9fc
  2. #0098e3
  3. #0087ca
  4. #0076b0
  5. #006597
  6. #00557e
  7. #004465
  8. #00334c
  9. #002232
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a9fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a9fc
  2. #1ab2fc
  3. #33bafd
  4. #4dc3fd
  5. #66cbfd
  6. #80d4fe
  7. #99ddfe
  8. #b3e5fe
  9. #cceefe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a9fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a9fc
  2. #0da5f0
  3. #1aa1e3
  4. #269dd7
  5. #3399ca
  6. #4095be
  7. #4d90b2
  8. #5a8ca5
  9. #668899
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81abff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6198fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65aafe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c9ffb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6de ≈ 0.0002% of males
Simulate on your own image

Text in this color

Background in this color

Border in this color

Text color
.text-00a9fc {
  color: #00a9fc;
}
Background
.bg-00a9fc {
  background-color: #00a9fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a9fc {
  border: 2px solid #00a9fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a9fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a9fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a9fc, #002bfc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a9fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.86 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.26 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.42 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.19 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.95 #ff5603 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00a9fc  rgb(0, 169, 252)  hsl(200, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#fc5300  rgb(252, 83, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 49%)  International Orange
#fc00a9  rgb(252, 0, 169)  hsl(320, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#a9fc00  rgb(169, 252, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud