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#01A4DF

#01a4df ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#01a4df is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 64.31% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.55% cyan, 26.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 195.95°, with 99.11% saturation and 43.92% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.3189

Complementary

  1. #01a4df
  2. #df3c01

Split complementary

  1. #01a4df
  2. #df0135
  3. #dfab01

Analogous

  1. #01dfab
  2. #01a4df
  3. #0135df

Triadic

  1. #01a4df
  2. #df01a4
  3. #a4df01

Tetradic

  1. #01a4df
  2. #3c01df
  3. #df3c01
  4. #a4df01

Square

  1. #01a4df
  2. #ab01df
  3. #df3c01
  4. #35df01

Monochromatic

  1. #003447
  2. #016c93
  3. #01a4df
  4. #2ec7fe
  5. #7bdbfe

Shades

#01a4df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01a4df
  2. #0194c9
  3. #0183b2
  4. #01739c
  5. #016286
  6. #015270
  7. #004259
  8. #003143
  9. #00212d
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#01a4df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01a4df
  2. #1aade2
  3. #34b6e5
  4. #4dbfe9
  5. #67c8ec
  6. #80d2ef
  7. #99dbf2
  8. #b3e4f5
  9. #ccedf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01a4df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01a4df
  2. #0ea0d6
  3. #1a9dcc
  4. #2799c3
  5. #3496b9
  6. #4192b0
  7. #4d8ea6
  8. #5a8b9d
  9. #678793
  10. #73848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799eb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a3e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c91de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa3e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5599de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01a4df {
  color: #01a4df;
}
Background
.bg-01a4df {
  background-color: #01a4df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01a4df {
  border: 2px solid #01a4df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01a4df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 164 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 99% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01a4df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01a4df, #0135df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01a4df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 164 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.73 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.74 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.73 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.38 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.97 #fe5b20 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#01a4df  rgb(1, 164, 223)  hsl(196, 99%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#df3c01  rgb(223, 60, 1)  hsl(16, 99%, 44%)  Sinopia
#df01a4  rgb(223, 1, 164)  hsl(316, 99%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#a4df01  rgb(164, 223, 1)  hsl(76, 99%, 44%)  Yellow Green