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#03A4E0

#03a4e0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#03a4e0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 64.31% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.66% cyan, 26.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 196.29°, with 97.36% saturation and 44.51% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.62.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3195

Complementary

  1. #03a4e0
  2. #e03f03

Split complementary

  1. #03a4e0
  2. #e00335
  3. #e0ae03

Analogous

  1. #03e0ae
  2. #03a4e0
  3. #0335e0

Triadic

  1. #03a4e0
  2. #e003a4
  3. #a4e003

Tetradic

  1. #03a4e0
  2. #3f03e0
  3. #e03f03
  4. #a4e003

Square

  1. #03a4e0
  2. #ae03e0
  3. #e03f03
  4. #35e003

Monochromatic

  1. #013549
  2. #026d95
  3. #03a4e0
  4. #33c6fc
  5. #7fdbfd

Shades

#03a4e0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #03a4e0
  2. #0394ca
  3. #0283b3
  4. #02739d
  5. #026286
  6. #025270
  7. #01425a
  8. #013143
  9. #01212d
  10. #001016
  11. #000000

Tints

#03a4e0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #03a4e0
  2. #1cade3
  3. #35b6e6
  4. #4fbfe9
  5. #68c8ec
  6. #81d2f0
  7. #9adbf3
  8. #b3e4f6
  9. #cdedf9
  10. #e6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#03a4e0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #03a4e0
  2. #10a0d6
  3. #1c9dcd
  4. #2999c3
  5. #3596ba
  6. #4292b0
  7. #4e8ea6
  8. #5b8b9d
  9. #678793
  10. #74848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799eba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a3e3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c91df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa3e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5599df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aeca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-03a4e0 {
  color: #03a4e0;
}
Background
.bg-03a4e0 {
  background-color: #03a4e0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-03a4e0 {
  border: 2px solid #03a4e0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #03a4e0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 164 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 97% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-03a4e0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03a4e0, #0335e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-03a4e0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 164 224 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.62 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.00 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.28 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.01 #fc5b1f Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#03a4e0  rgb(3, 164, 224)  hsl(196, 97%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#e03f03  rgb(224, 63, 3)  hsl(16, 97%, 45%)  Sinopia
#e003a4  rgb(224, 3, 164)  hsl(316, 97%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#a4e003  rgb(164, 224, 3)  hsl(76, 97%, 45%)  Yellow Green