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#01AAEA

#01aaea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#01aaea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 66.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.57% cyan, 27.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 196.48°, 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.25.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.347

Complementary

  1. #01aaea
  2. #ea4101

Split complementary

  1. #01aaea
  2. #ea0136
  3. #eab601

Analogous

  1. #01eab6
  2. #01aaea
  3. #0136ea

Triadic

  1. #01aaea
  2. #ea01aa
  3. #aaea01

Tetradic

  1. #01aaea
  2. #4101ea
  3. #ea4101
  4. #aaea01

Square

  1. #01aaea
  2. #b601ea
  3. #ea4101
  4. #36ea01

Monochromatic

  1. #003b52
  2. #01739e
  3. #01aaea
  4. #39c8fe
  5. #86ddfe

Shades

#01aaea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01aaea
  2. #0199d3
  3. #0188bb
  4. #0177a4
  5. #01668c
  6. #015575
  7. #00445e
  8. #003346
  9. #00222f
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#01aaea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01aaea
  2. #1ab3ec
  3. #34bbee
  4. #4dc4f0
  5. #67ccf2
  6. #80d5f5
  7. #99ddf7
  8. #b3e6f9
  9. #cceefb
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01aaea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01aaea
  2. #0ea6df
  3. #1aa2d5
  4. #279dca
  5. #3499c0
  6. #4195b5
  7. #4d91aa
  8. #5a8da0
  9. #678895
  10. #73848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea4c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa9ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f97e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6daaec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579fe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01aaea {
  color: #01aaea;
}
Background
.bg-01aaea {
  background-color: #01aaea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01aaea {
  border: 2px solid #01aaea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01aaea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 170 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01aaea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01aaea, #0136ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01aaea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 170 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.22 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.63 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.73 #fe5515 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#01aaea  rgb(1, 170, 234)  hsl(196, 99%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#ea4101  rgb(234, 65, 1)  hsl(16, 99%, 46%)  Coquelicot
#ea01aa  rgb(234, 1, 170)  hsl(316, 99%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#aaea01  rgb(170, 234, 1)  hsl(76, 99%, 46%)  Spring Bud