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#30ADED

#30aded ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#30aded is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 67.84% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.75% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 200.32°, with 84% saturation and 55.88% 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.03.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3663

Complementary

  1. #30aded
  2. #ed7030

Split complementary

  1. #30aded
  2. #ed304e
  3. #edcf30

Analogous

  1. #30edcf
  2. #30aded
  3. #304eed

Triadic

  1. #30aded
  2. #ed30ad
  3. #aded30

Tetradic

  1. #30aded
  2. #7030ed
  3. #ed7030
  4. #aded30

Square

  1. #30aded
  2. #cf30ed
  3. #ed7030
  4. #4eed30

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5479
  2. #1184c0
  3. #30aded
  4. #76c9f3
  5. #bde5f9

Shades

#30aded mixed progressively with black.

  1. #30aded
  2. #2b9cd5
  3. #268abe
  4. #2279a6
  5. #1d688e
  6. #185777
  7. #13455f
  8. #0e3447
  9. #0a232f
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#30aded mixed progressively with white.

  1. #30aded
  2. #45b5ef
  3. #59bdf1
  4. #6ec6f2
  5. #83cef4
  6. #98d6f6
  7. #acdef8
  8. #c1e6fa
  9. #d6effb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#30aded mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #30aded
  2. #38a9e2
  3. #40a4d7
  4. #48a0cc
  5. #509bc1
  6. #5897b7
  7. #6092ac
  8. #688ea1
  9. #708996
  10. #78858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a7c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eadf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759bec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74adef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a3ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-30aded {
  color: #30aded;
}
Background
.bg-30aded {
  background-color: #30aded;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-30aded {
  border: 2px solid #30aded;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #30aded;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 173 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 84% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-30aded {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #30aded, #304eed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-30aded {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 173 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.03 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.75 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.41 #cf5212 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#30aded  rgb(48, 173, 237)  hsl(200, 84%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7030  rgb(237, 112, 48)  hsl(20, 84%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ed30ad  rgb(237, 48, 173)  hsl(320, 84%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#aded30  rgb(173, 237, 48)  hsl(80, 84%, 56%)  Spring Bud