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#0AAAEE

#0aaaee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0aaaee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.92% red, 66.67% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.8% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 197.89°, with 91.94% saturation and 48.63% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3499

Complementary

  1. #0aaaee
  2. #ee4e0a

Split complementary

  1. #0aaaee
  2. #ee0a38
  3. #eec00a

Analogous

  1. #0aeec0
  2. #0aaaee
  3. #0a38ee

Triadic

  1. #0aaaee
  2. #ee0aaa
  3. #aaee0a

Tetradic

  1. #0aaaee
  2. #4e0aee
  3. #ee4e0a
  4. #aaee0a

Square

  1. #0aaaee
  2. #c00aee
  3. #ee4e0a
  4. #38ee0a

Monochromatic

  1. #04415b
  2. #0776a5
  3. #0aaaee
  4. #4dc5f8
  5. #96ddfb

Shades

#0aaaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0aaaee
  2. #0999d6
  3. #0888be
  4. #0777a7
  5. #06668f
  6. #055577
  7. #04445f
  8. #033347
  9. #022230
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#0aaaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0aaaee
  2. #23b3f0
  3. #3bbbf1
  4. #54c4f3
  5. #6cccf5
  6. #85d5f7
  7. #9dddf8
  8. #b6e6fa
  9. #ceeefc
  10. #e7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0aaaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0aaaee
  2. #16a6e3
  3. #22a2d8
  4. #2d9dcd
  5. #3999c2
  6. #4595b7
  7. #5191ac
  8. #5d8da1
  9. #688896
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89aaf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d97ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6caaf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569fed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0aaaee {
  color: #0aaaee;
}
Background
.bg-0aaaee {
  background-color: #0aaaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0aaaee {
  border: 2px solid #0aaaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0aaaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 10 170 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 92% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0aaaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0aaaee, #0a38ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0aaaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(10 170 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.07 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.64 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.21 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.45 #f55511 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0aaaee  rgb(10, 170, 238)  hsl(198, 92%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ee4e0a  rgb(238, 78, 10)  hsl(18, 92%, 49%)  Tangelo
#ee0aaa  rgb(238, 10, 170)  hsl(318, 92%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#aaee0a  rgb(170, 238, 10)  hsl(78, 92%, 49%)  Spring Bud