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#02A4FF

#02a4ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#02a4ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.22% cyan, 35.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 201.58°, with 100% saturation and 50.39% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3378

Complementary

  1. #02a4ff
  2. #ff5d02

Split complementary

  1. #02a4ff
  2. #ff0225
  3. #ffdb02

Analogous

  1. #02ffdb
  2. #02a4ff
  3. #0225ff

Triadic

  1. #02a4ff
  2. #ff02a4
  3. #a4ff02

Tetradic

  1. #02a4ff
  2. #5d02ff
  3. #ff5d02
  4. #a4ff02

Square

  1. #02a4ff
  2. #db02ff
  3. #ff5d02
  4. #25ff02

Monochromatic

  1. #004368
  2. #0074b4
  3. #02a4ff
  4. #4ec0ff
  5. #9bdbff

Shades

#02a4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #02a4ff
  2. #0294e6
  3. #0283cc
  4. #0173b3
  5. #016299
  6. #015280
  7. #014266
  8. #01314d
  9. #002133
  10. #00101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#02a4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #02a4ff
  2. #1badff
  3. #35b6ff
  4. #4ebfff
  5. #67c8ff
  6. #81d2ff
  7. #9adbff
  8. #b3e4ff
  9. #ccedff
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#02a4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #02a4ff
  2. #0fa0f2
  3. #1b9de6
  4. #2899d9
  5. #3496cc
  6. #4192c0
  7. #4e8eb3
  8. #5a8ba6
  9. #678799
  10. #73848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca0cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5594fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ea6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #429bfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-02a4ff {
  color: #02a4ff;
}
Background
.bg-02a4ff {
  background-color: #02a4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-02a4ff {
  border: 2px solid #02a4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #02a4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 164 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-02a4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #02a4ff, #0225ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-02a4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 164 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.38 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.37 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.96 #fd5b00 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#02a4ff  rgb(2, 164, 255)  hsl(202, 100%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5d02  rgb(255, 93, 2)  hsl(22, 100%, 50%)  International Orange
#ff02a4  rgb(255, 2, 164)  hsl(322, 100%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a4ff02  rgb(164, 255, 2)  hsl(82, 100%, 50%)  Spring Bud