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#30AEFF

#30aeff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#30aeff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 68.24% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.18% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 203.48°, with 100% saturation and 59.41% 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 8.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.87.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3812

Complementary

  1. #30aeff
  2. #ff8130

Split complementary

  1. #30aeff
  2. #ff3046
  3. #ffe930

Analogous

  1. #30ffe9
  2. #30aeff
  3. #3046ff

Triadic

  1. #30aeff
  2. #ff30ae
  3. #aeff30

Tetradic

  1. #30aeff
  2. #8130ff
  3. #ff8130
  4. #aeff30

Square

  1. #30aeff
  2. #e930ff
  3. #ff8130
  4. #46ff30

Monochromatic

  1. #005b96
  2. #008ae2
  3. #30aeff
  4. #7cccff
  5. #c9eaff

Shades

#30aeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #30aeff
  2. #2b9de6
  3. #268bcc
  4. #227ab3
  5. #1d6899
  6. #185780
  7. #134666
  8. #0e344d
  9. #0a2333
  10. #05111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#30aeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #30aeff
  2. #45b6ff
  3. #59beff
  4. #6ec6ff
  5. #83ceff
  6. #98d7ff
  7. #acdfff
  8. #c1e7ff
  9. #d6efff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#30aeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #30aeff
  2. #38a9f2
  3. #40a5e6
  4. #48a0d9
  5. #509ccc
  6. #5897c0
  7. #6092b3
  8. #688ea6
  9. #708999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a9d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9efe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fafff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59a4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-30aeff {
  color: #30aeff;
}
Background
.bg-30aeff {
  background-color: #30aeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-30aeff {
  border: 2px solid #30aeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #30aeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 174 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-30aeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #30aeff, #3046ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-30aeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 174 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.87 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.50 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.93 #cf5100 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#30aeff  rgb(48, 174, 255)  hsl(203, 100%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ff8130  rgb(255, 129, 48)  hsl(23, 100%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#ff30ae  rgb(255, 48, 174)  hsl(323, 100%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aeff30  rgb(174, 255, 48)  hsl(83, 100%, 59%)  Green Yellow