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#039ADE

#039ade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#039ade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 60.39% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.65% cyan, 30.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 198.63°, with 97.33% saturation and 44.12% 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 6.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.37.

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Relative luminance0.284

Complementary

  1. #039ade
  2. #de4703

Split complementary

  1. #039ade
  2. #de032d
  3. #deb503

Analogous

  1. #03deb5
  2. #039ade
  3. #032dde

Triadic

  1. #039ade
  2. #de039a
  3. #9ade03

Tetradic

  1. #039ade
  2. #4703de
  3. #de4703
  4. #9ade03

Square

  1. #039ade
  2. #b503de
  3. #de4703
  4. #2dde03

Monochromatic

  1. #013147
  2. #026693
  3. #039ade
  4. #31bdfc
  5. #7dd5fd

Shades

#039ade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #039ade
  2. #038bc8
  3. #027bb2
  4. #026c9b
  5. #025c85
  6. #024d6f
  7. #013e59
  8. #012e43
  9. #011f2c
  10. #000f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#039ade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #039ade
  2. #1ca4e1
  3. #35aee5
  4. #4fb8e8
  5. #68c2eb
  6. #81cdef
  7. #9ad7f2
  8. #b3e1f5
  9. #cdebf8
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#039ade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #039ade
  2. #1097d5
  3. #1c95cb
  4. #2992c2
  5. #3590b8
  6. #428daf
  7. #4e8aa6
  8. #5b889c
  9. #678593
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7395b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #799be1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e8add ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f9ae0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4990dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-039ade {
  color: #039ade;
}
Background
.bg-039ade {
  background-color: #039ade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-039ade {
  border: 2px solid #039ade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #039ade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 154 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 97% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-039ade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #039ade, #032dde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-039ade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 154 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.98 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.39 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.39 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.65 #fc6521 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#039ade  rgb(3, 154, 222)  hsl(199, 97%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#de4703  rgb(222, 71, 3)  hsl(19, 97%, 44%)  Flame
#de039a  rgb(222, 3, 154)  hsl(319, 97%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ade03  rgb(154, 222, 3)  hsl(79, 97%, 44%)  Yellow Green