Azure

Hex #F0FFFF, rgb(240 255 255). A white CSS named color.

Azure#F0FFFF

Azure color codes

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About Azure

Azure is a very light near-white with the hex code #F0FFFF. In RGB it is made of 240 red, 255 green and 255 blue; in HSL its hue is 180°, with 100% saturation and 97% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 98.9%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "azure" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 1.03:1 and against black 20.45:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Azure mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Azure 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Azure

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

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Triadic

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Tetradic

Square

Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Azure with white and black. The readable text color on Azure is black.

Azure textSmall text on white

On white1.03:1

AA fail
AA Large fail
AAA fail
UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 0

Azure textSmall text on black

On black20.45:1

AA pass
AA Large pass
AAA pass
UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -106

Black text on Azure (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Azure appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

Protanopia#FDFDFF
Deuteranopia#FAFBFF
Tritanopia#ECFFFF
Protanomaly#F9FEFF
Deuteranomaly#F8FCFF
Tritanomaly#EEFFFF
Achromatopsia#FCFCFC

Colors similar to Azure

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Azure in CSS and Tailwind

CSS

.azure {
  color: azure; /* #F0FFFF */
  background-color: rgb(240 255 255);
  border-color: oklch(98.9% 0.016 196.9);
}

Tailwind CSS

/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-azure-500, text-azure-700... */
@theme {
  --color-azure-50: #F0FFFF;
  --color-azure-100: #D4F7F7;
  --color-azure-200: #A7EAEB;
  --color-azure-300: #40D9DC;
  --color-azure-400: #00B2B5;
  --color-azure-500: #00999C;
  --color-azure-600: #008385;
  --color-azure-700: #00696B;
  --color-azure-800: #005456;
  --color-azure-900: #004546;
  --color-azure-950: #001B1B;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#F0FFFF] text-[#000000]">…</div>