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#00AAE5

#00aae5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aae5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 195.46°, with 100% saturation and 44.9% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.55.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3441

Complementary

  1. #00aae5
  2. #e53b00

Split complementary

  1. #00aae5
  2. #e50037
  3. #e5ad00

Analogous

  1. #00e5ad
  2. #00aae5
  3. #0037e5

Triadic

  1. #00aae5
  2. #e500aa
  3. #aae500

Tetradic

  1. #00aae5
  2. #3b00e5
  3. #e53b00
  4. #aae500

Square

  1. #00aae5
  2. #ad00e5
  3. #e53b00
  4. #37e500

Monochromatic

  1. #00384c
  2. #007198
  3. #00aae5
  4. #32caff
  5. #7fdeff

Shades

#00aae5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aae5
  2. #0099ce
  3. #0088b7
  4. #0077a0
  5. #006689
  6. #005573
  7. #00445c
  8. #003345
  9. #00222e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aae5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aae5
  2. #1ab3e8
  3. #33bbea
  4. #4dc4ed
  5. #66ccef
  6. #80d5f2
  7. #99ddf5
  8. #b3e6f7
  9. #cceefa
  10. #e6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aae5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aae5
  2. #0da6db
  3. #1aa2d1
  4. #269dc7
  5. #3399bd
  6. #4095b3
  7. #4d91a8
  8. #5a8d9e
  9. #668894
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca8e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7297e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa9e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599fe4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aae5 {
  color: #00aae5;
}
Background
.bg-00aae5 {
  background-color: #00aae5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aae5 {
  border: 2px solid #00aae5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aae5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aae5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aae5, #0037e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aae5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 229 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.90 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.12 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.67 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.83 #ff551a Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aae5  rgb(0, 170, 229)  hsl(195, 100%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e53b00  rgb(229, 59, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 45%)  Ferrari Red
#e500aa  rgb(229, 0, 170)  hsl(315, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#aae500  rgb(170, 229, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud