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#3091C8

#3091c8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3091c8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 56.86% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76% cyan, 27.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 201.71°, with 61.29% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.54.

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Relative luminance0.2505

Complementary

  1. #3091c8
  2. #c86730

Split complementary

  1. #3091c8
  2. #c83045
  3. #c8b330

Analogous

  1. #30c8b3
  2. #3091c8
  3. #3045c8

Triadic

  1. #3091c8
  2. #c83091
  3. #91c830

Tetradic

  1. #3091c8
  2. #6730c8
  3. #c86730
  4. #91c830

Square

  1. #3091c8
  2. #b330c8
  3. #c86730
  4. #45c830

Monochromatic

  1. #12384d
  2. #21648a
  3. #3091c8
  4. #69b2db
  5. #a7d2ea

Shades

#3091c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3091c8
  2. #2b83b4
  3. #2674a0
  4. #22668c
  5. #1d5778
  6. #184964
  7. #133a50
  8. #0e2c3c
  9. #0a1d28
  10. #050f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3091c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3091c8
  2. #459cce
  3. #59a7d3
  4. #6eb2d9
  5. #83bdde
  6. #98c8e4
  7. #acd3e9
  8. #c1deef
  9. #d6e9f4
  10. #eaf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3091c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3091c8
  2. #388fc1
  3. #408eba
  4. #488cb2
  5. #508aab
  6. #5889a4
  7. #60879d
  8. #688596
  9. #70838e
  10. #788287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708ca6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7791ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6283c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6291ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5389c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3091c8 {
  color: #3091c8;
}
Background
.bg-3091c8 {
  background-color: #3091c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3091c8 {
  border: 2px solid #3091c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3091c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 145 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 61% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3091c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3091c8, #3045c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3091c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 145 200 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.54 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.18 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.38 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.44 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.75 #cf6e37 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3091c8  rgb(48, 145, 200)  hsl(202, 61%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#c86730  rgb(200, 103, 48)  hsl(22, 61%, 49%)  Chocolate
#c83091  rgb(200, 48, 145)  hsl(322, 61%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#91c830  rgb(145, 200, 48)  hsl(82, 61%, 49%)  Yellow Green