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#30AFFC

#30affc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#30affc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.95% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 202.65°, with 97.14% saturation and 58.82% 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 8.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.86.

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Relative luminance0.3832

Complementary

  1. #30affc
  2. #fc7d30

Split complementary

  1. #30affc
  2. #fc3049
  3. #fce330

Analogous

  1. #30fce3
  2. #30affc
  3. #3049fc

Triadic

  1. #30affc
  2. #fc30af
  3. #affc30

Tetradic

  1. #30affc
  2. #7d30fc
  3. #fc7d30
  4. #affc30

Square

  1. #30affc
  2. #e330fc
  3. #fc7d30
  4. #49fc30

Monochromatic

  1. #025b91
  2. #038adc
  3. #30affc
  4. #7bccfd
  5. #c7e9fe

Shades

#30affc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #30affc
  2. #2b9ee3
  3. #268cca
  4. #227bb0
  5. #1d6997
  6. #18587e
  7. #134665
  8. #0e354c
  9. #0a2332
  10. #051219
  11. #000000

Tints

#30affc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #30affc
  2. #45b7fc
  3. #59bffd
  4. #6ec7fd
  5. #83cffd
  6. #98d7fe
  7. #acdffe
  8. #c1e7fe
  9. #d6effe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#30affc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #30affc
  2. #38aaf0
  3. #40a6e3
  4. #48a1d7
  5. #509cca
  6. #5898be
  7. #6093b2
  8. #688ea5
  9. #708999
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87aace ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9efb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-30affc {
  color: #30affc;
}
Background
.bg-30affc {
  background-color: #30affc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-30affc {
  border: 2px solid #30affc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #30affc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 97% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-30affc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #30affc, #3049fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-30affc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.96 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.59 #cf5003 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#30affc  rgb(48, 175, 252)  hsl(203, 97%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#fc7d30  rgb(252, 125, 48)  hsl(23, 97%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#fc30af  rgb(252, 48, 175)  hsl(323, 97%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#affc30  rgb(175, 252, 48)  hsl(83, 97%, 59%)  Green Yellow