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#00AAF4

#00aaf4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aaf4 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 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 30.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 198.2°, with 100% saturation and 47.84% 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 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.19.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3528

Complementary

  1. #00aaf4
  2. #f44a00

Split complementary

  1. #00aaf4
  2. #f40030
  3. #f4c400

Analogous

  1. #00f4c4
  2. #00aaf4
  3. #0030f4

Triadic

  1. #00aaf4
  2. #f400aa
  3. #aaf400

Tetradic

  1. #00aaf4
  2. #4a00f4
  3. #f44a00
  4. #aaf400

Square

  1. #00aaf4
  2. #c400f4
  3. #f44a00
  4. #30f400

Monochromatic

  1. #003f5b
  2. #0075a7
  3. #00aaf4
  4. #41c6ff
  5. #8eddff

Shades

#00aaf4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aaf4
  2. #0099dc
  3. #0088c3
  4. #0077ab
  5. #006692
  6. #00557a
  7. #004462
  8. #003349
  9. #002231
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aaf4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aaf4
  2. #1ab3f5
  3. #33bbf6
  4. #4dc4f7
  5. #66ccf8
  6. #80d5fa
  7. #99ddfb
  8. #b3e6fc
  9. #cceefd
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aaf4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aaf4
  2. #0da6e8
  3. #1aa2dd
  4. #269dd1
  5. #3399c6
  6. #4095ba
  7. #4d91ae
  8. #5a8da3
  9. #668897
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86abf7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6898f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69aaf6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #529ff3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aaf4 {
  color: #00aaf4;
}
Background
.bg-00aaf4 {
  background-color: #00aaf4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aaf4 {
  border: 2px solid #00aaf4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aaf4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aaf4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aaf4, #0030f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aaf4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.19 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.23 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.08 #ff550b Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aaf4  rgb(0, 170, 244)  hsl(198, 100%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f44a00  rgb(244, 74, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f400aa  rgb(244, 0, 170)  hsl(318, 100%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#aaf400  rgb(170, 244, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 48%)  Spring Bud