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#0AAAFF

#0aaaff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0aaaff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.08% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.82°, with 100% saturation and 51.96% 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.56.

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Relative luminance0.3603

Complementary

  1. #0aaaff
  2. #ff5f0a

Split complementary

  1. #0aaaff
  2. #ff0a2f
  3. #ffda0a

Analogous

  1. #0affda
  2. #0aaaff
  3. #0a2fff

Triadic

  1. #0aaaff
  2. #ff0aaa
  3. #aaff0a

Tetradic

  1. #0aaaff
  2. #5f0aff
  3. #ff5f0a
  4. #aaff0a

Square

  1. #0aaaff
  2. #da0aff
  3. #ff5f0a
  4. #2fff0a

Monochromatic

  1. #004970
  2. #007bbc
  3. #0aaaff
  4. #56c5ff
  5. #a3dfff

Shades

#0aaaff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0aaaff
  2. #0999e6
  3. #0888cc
  4. #0777b3
  5. #066699
  6. #055580
  7. #044466
  8. #03334d
  9. #022233
  10. #01111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#0aaaff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0aaaff
  2. #23b3ff
  3. #3bbbff
  4. #54c4ff
  5. #6cccff
  6. #85d5ff
  7. #9dddff
  8. #b6e6ff
  9. #ceeeff
  10. #e7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0aaaff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0aaaff
  2. #16a6f2
  3. #22a2e6
  4. #2d9dd9
  5. #3999cc
  6. #4595c0
  7. #5191b3
  8. #5d8da6
  9. #688899
  10. #74848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a5ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6199fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66acff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4ca0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0aaaff {
  color: #0aaaff;
}
Background
.bg-0aaaff {
  background-color: #0aaaff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0aaaff {
  border: 2px solid #0aaaff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0aaaff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 10 170 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0aaaff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0aaaff, #0a2fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0aaaff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(10 170 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.96 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.30 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.92 #f55500 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0aaaff  rgb(10, 170, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5f0a  rgb(255, 95, 10)  hsl(21, 100%, 52%)  International Orange
#ff0aaa  rgb(255, 10, 170)  hsl(321, 100%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#aaff0a  rgb(170, 255, 10)  hsl(81, 100%, 52%)  Spring Bud