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#01A9EA

#01a9ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#01a9ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 66.27% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.57% cyan, 27.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 196.74°, with 99.15% saturation and 46.08% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.04.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3432

Complementary

  1. #01a9ea
  2. #ea4201

Split complementary

  1. #01a9ea
  2. #ea0134
  3. #eab701

Analogous

  1. #01eab7
  2. #01a9ea
  3. #0134ea

Triadic

  1. #01a9ea
  2. #ea01a9
  3. #a9ea01

Tetradic

  1. #01a9ea
  2. #4201ea
  3. #ea4201
  4. #a9ea01

Square

  1. #01a9ea
  2. #b701ea
  3. #ea4201
  4. #34ea01

Monochromatic

  1. #003b52
  2. #01729e
  3. #01a9ea
  4. #39c7fe
  5. #86ddfe

Shades

#01a9ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01a9ea
  2. #0198d3
  3. #0187bb
  4. #0176a4
  5. #01658c
  6. #015575
  7. #00445e
  8. #003346
  9. #00222f
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#01a9ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01a9ea
  2. #1ab2ec
  3. #34baee
  4. #4dc3f0
  5. #67cbf2
  6. #80d4f5
  7. #99ddf7
  8. #b3e5f9
  9. #cceefb
  10. #e6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01a9ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01a9ea
  2. #0ea5df
  3. #1aa1d5
  4. #279dca
  5. #3499c0
  6. #4195b5
  7. #4d90aa
  8. #5a8ca0
  9. #678895
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01a9ea {
  color: #01a9ea;
}
Background
.bg-01a9ea {
  background-color: #01a9ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01a9ea {
  border: 2px solid #01a9ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01a9ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 169 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01a9ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01a9ea, #0134ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01a9ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 169 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.04 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.34 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.67 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.54 #fe5615 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#01a9ea  rgb(1, 169, 234)  hsl(197, 99%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ea4201  rgb(234, 66, 1)  hsl(17, 99%, 46%)  Flame
#ea01a9  rgb(234, 1, 169)  hsl(317, 99%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#a9ea01  rgb(169, 234, 1)  hsl(77, 99%, 46%)  Spring Bud