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#02A8DA

#02a8da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#02a8da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.78% red, 65.88% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.08% cyan, 22.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 193.89°, with 98.18% saturation and 43.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.29.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3308

Complementary

  1. #02a8da
  2. #da3402

Split complementary

  1. #02a8da
  2. #da023c
  3. #daa002

Analogous

  1. #02daa0
  2. #02a8da
  3. #023cda

Triadic

  1. #02a8da
  2. #da02a8
  3. #a8da02

Tetradic

  1. #02a8da
  2. #3402da
  3. #da3402
  4. #a8da02

Square

  1. #02a8da
  2. #a002da
  3. #da3402
  4. #3cda02

Monochromatic

  1. #013342
  2. #016e8e
  3. #02a8da
  4. #2bcdfd
  5. #77dffe

Shades

#02a8da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #02a8da
  2. #0297c4
  3. #0286ae
  4. #017699
  5. #016583
  6. #01546d
  7. #014357
  8. #013241
  9. #00222c
  10. #001116
  11. #000000

Tints

#02a8da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #02a8da
  2. #1bb1de
  3. #35b9e1
  4. #4ec2e5
  5. #67cbe9
  6. #81d4ed
  7. #9adcf0
  8. #b3e5f4
  9. #cceef8
  10. #e6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#02a8da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #02a8da
  2. #0fa4d1
  3. #1ba0c8
  4. #289cbf
  5. #3498b6
  6. #4194ad
  7. #4e90a4
  8. #5a8c9b
  9. #678892
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ba1b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea5dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7594d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a6db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9cda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-02a8da {
  color: #02a8da;
}
Background
.bg-02a8da {
  background-color: #02a8da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-02a8da {
  border: 2px solid #02a8da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #02a8da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 168 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 98% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-02a8da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #02a8da, #023cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-02a8da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 168 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.51 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.65 #fd5725 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#02a8da  rgb(2, 168, 218)  hsl(194, 98%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#da3402  rgb(218, 52, 2)  hsl(14, 98%, 43%)  Sinopia
#da02a8  rgb(218, 2, 168)  hsl(314, 98%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#a8da02  rgb(168, 218, 2)  hsl(74, 98%, 43%)  Yellow Green