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#00AAE1

#00aae1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aae1 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 66.67% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 24.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 194.67°, with 100% saturation and 44.12% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.93.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3419

Complementary

  1. #00aae1
  2. #e13700

Split complementary

  1. #00aae1
  2. #e10039
  3. #e1a800

Analogous

  1. #00e1a8
  2. #00aae1
  3. #0039e1

Triadic

  1. #00aae1
  2. #e100aa
  3. #aae100

Tetradic

  1. #00aae1
  2. #3700e1
  3. #e13700
  4. #aae100

Square

  1. #00aae1
  2. #a800e1
  3. #e13700
  4. #39e100

Monochromatic

  1. #003648
  2. #007095
  3. #00aae1
  4. #2fccff
  5. #7bdfff

Shades

#00aae1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aae1
  2. #0099cb
  3. #0088b4
  4. #00779e
  5. #006687
  6. #005571
  7. #00445a
  8. #003344
  9. #00222d
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aae1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aae1
  2. #1ab3e4
  3. #33bbe7
  4. #4dc4ea
  5. #66cced
  6. #80d5f0
  7. #99ddf3
  8. #b3e6f6
  9. #cceef9
  10. #e6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aae1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aae1
  2. #0da6d7
  3. #1aa2ce
  4. #269dc4
  5. #3399ba
  6. #4095b1
  7. #4d91a7
  8. #5a8d9d
  9. #668893
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea8e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7496e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a9e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9fe1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aae1 {
  color: #00aae1;
}
Background
.bg-00aae1 {
  background-color: #00aae1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aae1 {
  border: 2px solid #00aae1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aae1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aae1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aae1, #0039e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aae1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.93 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.02 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.26 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.54 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.96 #ff551e Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aae1  rgb(0, 170, 225)  hsl(195, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e13700  rgb(225, 55, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 44%)  Sinopia
#e100aa  rgb(225, 0, 170)  hsl(315, 100%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#aae100  rgb(170, 225, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green