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#02A3DA

#02a3da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#02a3da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.78% red, 63.92% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.08% cyan, 25.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 195.28°, with 98.18% saturation and 43.14% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.06.

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Relative luminance0.3127

Complementary

  1. #02a3da
  2. #da3902

Split complementary

  1. #02a3da
  2. #da0237
  3. #daa502

Analogous

  1. #02daa5
  2. #02a3da
  3. #0237da

Triadic

  1. #02a3da
  2. #da02a3
  3. #a3da02

Tetradic

  1. #02a3da
  2. #3902da
  3. #da3902
  4. #a3da02

Square

  1. #02a3da
  2. #a502da
  3. #da3902
  4. #37da02

Monochromatic

  1. #013242
  2. #016a8e
  3. #02a3da
  4. #2bc8fd
  5. #77dcfe

Shades

#02a3da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #02a3da
  2. #0293c4
  3. #0282ae
  4. #017299
  5. #016283
  6. #01526d
  7. #014157
  8. #013141
  9. #00212c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#02a3da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #02a3da
  2. #1bacde
  3. #35b5e1
  4. #4ebfe5
  5. #67c8e9
  6. #81d1ed
  7. #9adaf0
  8. #b3e3f4
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#02a3da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #02a3da
  2. #0fa0d1
  3. #1b9cc8
  4. #2899bf
  5. #3495b6
  6. #4192ad
  7. #4e8ea4
  8. #5a8b9b
  9. #678792
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789cb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e90d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa2dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5698d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-02a3da {
  color: #02a3da;
}
Background
.bg-02a3da {
  background-color: #02a3da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-02a3da {
  border: 2px solid #02a3da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #02a3da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 163 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 98% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-02a3da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #02a3da, #0237da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-02a3da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 163 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.06 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.73 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.04 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.57 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.59 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.95 #fd5c25 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#02a3da  rgb(2, 163, 218)  hsl(195, 98%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#da3902  rgb(218, 57, 2)  hsl(15, 98%, 43%)  Sinopia
#da02a3  rgb(218, 2, 163)  hsl(315, 98%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3da02  rgb(163, 218, 2)  hsl(75, 98%, 43%)  Yellow Green