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#02A3DB

#02a3db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#02a3db 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.09% cyan, 25.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 195.48°, with 98.19% saturation and 43.33% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.94.

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Relative luminance0.3132

Complementary

  1. #02a3db
  2. #db3a02

Split complementary

  1. #02a3db
  2. #db0237
  3. #dba602

Analogous

  1. #02dba6
  2. #02a3db
  3. #0237db

Triadic

  1. #02a3db
  2. #db02a3
  3. #a3db02

Tetradic

  1. #02a3db
  2. #3a02db
  3. #db3a02
  4. #a3db02

Square

  1. #02a3db
  2. #a602db
  3. #db3a02
  4. #37db02

Monochromatic

  1. #013243
  2. #016b8f
  3. #02a3db
  4. #2cc7fd
  5. #78dbfe

Shades

#02a3db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #02a3db
  2. #0293c5
  3. #0282af
  4. #017299
  5. #016283
  6. #01526e
  7. #014158
  8. #013142
  9. #00212c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#02a3db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #02a3db
  2. #1bacdf
  3. #35b5e2
  4. #4ebfe6
  5. #67c8e9
  6. #81d1ed
  7. #9adaf1
  8. #b3e3f4
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#02a3db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #02a3db
  2. #0fa0d2
  3. #1b9cc9
  4. #2899c0
  5. #3495b7
  6. #4192ae
  7. #4e8ea4
  8. #5a8b9b
  9. #678792
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789cb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d90da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa2dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5698da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-02a3db {
  color: #02a3db;
}
Background
.bg-02a3db {
  background-color: #02a3db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-02a3db {
  border: 2px solid #02a3db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #02a3db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 163 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 98% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-02a3db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #02a3db, #0237db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-02a3db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 163 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.86 #fd5c24 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#02a3db  rgb(2, 163, 219)  hsl(195, 98%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#db3a02  rgb(219, 58, 2)  hsl(15, 98%, 43%)  Sinopia
#db02a3  rgb(219, 2, 163)  hsl(315, 98%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3db02  rgb(163, 219, 2)  hsl(75, 98%, 43%)  Yellow Green