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#00AAE4

#00aae4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aae4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 66.67% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 195.26°, with 100% saturation and 44.71% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.64.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3435

Complementary

  1. #00aae4
  2. #e43a00

Split complementary

  1. #00aae4
  2. #e40038
  3. #e4ac00

Analogous

  1. #00e4ac
  2. #00aae4
  3. #0038e4

Triadic

  1. #00aae4
  2. #e400aa
  3. #aae400

Tetradic

  1. #00aae4
  2. #3a00e4
  3. #e43a00
  4. #aae400

Square

  1. #00aae4
  2. #ac00e4
  3. #e43a00
  4. #38e400

Monochromatic

  1. #00384b
  2. #007198
  3. #00aae4
  4. #32cbff
  5. #7edeff

Shades

#00aae4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aae4
  2. #0099cd
  3. #0088b6
  4. #0077a0
  5. #006689
  6. #005572
  7. #00445b
  8. #003344
  9. #00222e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aae4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aae4
  2. #1ab3e7
  3. #33bbe9
  4. #4dc4ec
  5. #66ccef
  6. #80d5f2
  7. #99ddf4
  8. #b3e6f7
  9. #cceefa
  10. #e6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aae4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aae4
  2. #0da6da
  3. #1aa2d0
  4. #269dc6
  5. #3399bc
  6. #4095b2
  7. #4d91a8
  8. #5a8d9e
  9. #668894
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca8e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7296e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa9e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9fe3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aae4 {
  color: #00aae4;
}
Background
.bg-00aae4 {
  background-color: #00aae4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aae4 {
  border: 2px solid #00aae4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aae4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aae4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aae4, #0038e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aae4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.64 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.22 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.48 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.86 #ff551b Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aae4  rgb(0, 170, 228)  hsl(195, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e43a00  rgb(228, 58, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 45%)  Sinopia
#e400aa  rgb(228, 0, 170)  hsl(315, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#aae400  rgb(170, 228, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud