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#00AAF9

#00aaf9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aaf9 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 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 31.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 199.04°, with 100% saturation and 48.82% 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 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.33.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3559

Complementary

  1. #00aaf9
  2. #f94f00

Split complementary

  1. #00aaf9
  2. #f9002d
  3. #f9cc00

Analogous

  1. #00f9cc
  2. #00aaf9
  3. #002df9

Triadic

  1. #00aaf9
  2. #f900aa
  3. #aaf900

Tetradic

  1. #00aaf9
  2. #4f00f9
  3. #f94f00
  4. #aaf900

Square

  1. #00aaf9
  2. #cc00f9
  3. #f94f00
  4. #2df900

Monochromatic

  1. #004260
  2. #0076ac
  3. #00aaf9
  4. #46c4ff
  5. #93ddff

Shades

#00aaf9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aaf9
  2. #0099e0
  3. #0088c7
  4. #0077ae
  5. #006695
  6. #00557d
  7. #004464
  8. #00334b
  9. #002232
  10. #001119
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aaf9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aaf9
  2. #1ab3fa
  3. #33bbfa
  4. #4dc4fb
  5. #66ccfb
  6. #80d5fc
  7. #99ddfd
  8. #b3e6fd
  9. #cceefe
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aaf9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aaf9
  2. #0da6ed
  3. #1aa2e1
  4. #269dd5
  5. #3399c9
  6. #4095bd
  7. #4d91b0
  8. #5a8da4
  9. #668898
  10. #73848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa5ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84acfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6598f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68abfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4fa0f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aaf9 {
  color: #00aaf9;
}
Background
.bg-00aaf9 {
  background-color: #00aaf9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aaf9 {
  border: 2px solid #00aaf9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aaf9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 170 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aaf9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aaf9, #002df9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aaf9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 170 249 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.34 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.82 #ff5506 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#00aaf9  rgb(0, 170, 249)  hsl(199, 100%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#f94f00  rgb(249, 79, 0)  hsl(19, 100%, 49%)  Tangelo
#f900aa  rgb(249, 0, 170)  hsl(319, 100%, 49%)  Persian Rose
#aaf900  rgb(170, 249, 0)  hsl(79, 100%, 49%)  Spring Bud