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#02A4DB

#02a4db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#02a4db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.78% red, 64.31% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.09% cyan, 25.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 195.21°, 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3168

Complementary

  1. #02a4db
  2. #db3902

Split complementary

  1. #02a4db
  2. #db0237
  3. #dba502

Analogous

  1. #02dba5
  2. #02a4db
  3. #0237db

Triadic

  1. #02a4db
  2. #db02a4
  3. #a4db02

Tetradic

  1. #02a4db
  2. #3902db
  3. #db3902
  4. #a4db02

Square

  1. #02a4db
  2. #a502db
  3. #db3902
  4. #37db02

Monochromatic

  1. #013243
  2. #016b8f
  3. #02a4db
  4. #2cc8fd
  5. #78dcfe

Shades

#02a4db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #02a4db
  2. #0294c5
  3. #0283af
  4. #017399
  5. #016283
  6. #01526e
  7. #014258
  8. #013142
  9. #00212c
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#02a4db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #02a4db
  2. #1baddf
  3. #35b6e2
  4. #4ebfe6
  5. #67c8e9
  6. #81d2ed
  7. #9adbf1
  8. #b3e4f4
  9. #ccedf8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#02a4db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #02a4db
  2. #0fa0d2
  3. #1b9dc9
  4. #2899c0
  5. #3496b7
  6. #4192ae
  7. #4e8ea4
  8. #5a8b9b
  9. #678792
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a2de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f91da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba3dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5799da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-02a4db {
  color: #02a4db;
}
Background
.bg-02a4db {
  background-color: #02a4db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-02a4db {
  border: 2px solid #02a4db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #02a4db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 164 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 98% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-02a4db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #02a4db, #0237db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-02a4db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 164 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.14 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.71 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.02 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.73 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.82 #fd5b24 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#02a4db  rgb(2, 164, 219)  hsl(195, 98%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#db3902  rgb(219, 57, 2)  hsl(15, 98%, 43%)  Sinopia
#db02a4  rgb(219, 2, 164)  hsl(315, 98%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a4db02  rgb(164, 219, 2)  hsl(75, 98%, 43%)  Yellow Green