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#00AAF0

#00aaf0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aaf0 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 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 197.5°, with 100% saturation and 47.06% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.15.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3504

Complementary

  1. #00aaf0
  2. #f04600

Split complementary

  1. #00aaf0
  2. #f00032
  3. #f0be00

Analogous

  1. #00f0be
  2. #00aaf0
  3. #0032f0

Triadic

  1. #00aaf0
  2. #f000aa
  3. #aaf000

Tetradic

  1. #00aaf0
  2. #4600f0
  3. #f04600
  4. #aaf000

Square

  1. #00aaf0
  2. #be00f0
  3. #f04600
  4. #32f000

Monochromatic

  1. #003e57
  2. #0074a4
  3. #00aaf0
  4. #3ec7ff
  5. #8addff

Shades

#00aaf0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aaf0
  2. #0099d8
  3. #0088c0
  4. #0077a8
  5. #006690
  6. #005578
  7. #004460
  8. #003348
  9. #002230
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aaf0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aaf0
  2. #1ab3f2
  3. #33bbf3
  4. #4dc4f5
  5. #66ccf6
  6. #80d5f8
  7. #99ddf9
  8. #b3e6fb
  9. #cceefc
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aaf0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aaf0
  2. #0da6e5
  3. #1aa2da
  4. #269dce
  5. #3399c3
  6. #4095b8
  7. #4d91ad
  8. #5a8da2
  9. #668896
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea4c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aaf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b97ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6baaf2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #549fef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aaf0 {
  color: #00aaf0;
}
Background
.bg-00aaf0 {
  background-color: #00aaf0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aaf0 {
  border: 2px solid #00aaf0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aaf0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aaf0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aaf0, #0032f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aaf0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 240 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.44 #ff550f Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aaf0  rgb(0, 170, 240)  hsl(198, 100%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#f04600  rgb(240, 70, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 47%)  Tangelo
#f000aa  rgb(240, 0, 170)  hsl(318, 100%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#aaf000  rgb(170, 240, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 47%)  Spring Bud