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#30ACE3

#30ace3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#30ace3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 67.45% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.85% cyan, 24.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 198.44°, with 76.17% saturation and 53.92% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.18.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3568

Complementary

  1. #30ace3
  2. #e36730

Split complementary

  1. #30ace3
  2. #e33052
  3. #e3c130

Analogous

  1. #30e3c1
  2. #30ace3
  3. #3052e3

Triadic

  1. #30ace3
  2. #e330ac
  3. #ace330

Tetradic

  1. #30ace3
  2. #6730e3
  3. #e36730
  4. #ace330

Square

  1. #30ace3
  2. #c130e3
  3. #e36730
  4. #52e330

Monochromatic

  1. #0f4f6b
  2. #1880af
  3. #30ace3
  4. #73c7ec
  5. #b7e2f5

Shades

#30ace3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #30ace3
  2. #2b9bcc
  3. #268ab6
  4. #22789f
  5. #1d6788
  6. #185672
  7. #13455b
  8. #0e3444
  9. #0a222d
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#30ace3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #30ace3
  2. #45b4e6
  3. #59bde9
  4. #6ec5eb
  5. #83cdee
  6. #98d6f1
  7. #acdef4
  8. #c1e6f7
  9. #d6eef9
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#30ace3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #30ace3
  2. #38a8d9
  3. #40a3cf
  4. #489fc5
  5. #509abb
  6. #5896b2
  7. #6092a8
  8. #688d9e
  9. #708994
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aae6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #799ae2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76abe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a1e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-30ace3 {
  color: #30ace3;
}
Background
.bg-30ace3 {
  background-color: #30ace3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-30ace3 {
  border: 2px solid #30ace3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #30ace3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 172 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 76% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-30ace3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #30ace3, #3052e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-30ace3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 172 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.18 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.03 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.99 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.74 #cf531c Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#30ace3  rgb(48, 172, 227)  hsl(198, 76%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e36730  rgb(227, 103, 48)  hsl(18, 76%, 54%)  Flame
#e330ac  rgb(227, 48, 172)  hsl(318, 76%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#ace330  rgb(172, 227, 48)  hsl(78, 76%, 54%)  Inchworm