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#30AFFE

#30affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#30affe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.1% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 203.01°, with 99.04% saturation and 59.22% 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 8.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.97.

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Relative luminance0.3844

Complementary

  1. #30affe
  2. #fe7f30

Split complementary

  1. #30affe
  2. #fe3048
  3. #fee630

Analogous

  1. #30fee6
  2. #30affe
  3. #3048fe

Triadic

  1. #30affe
  2. #fe30af
  3. #affe30

Tetradic

  1. #30affe
  2. #7f30fe
  3. #fe7f30
  4. #affe30

Square

  1. #30affe
  2. #e630fe
  3. #fe7f30
  4. #48fe30

Monochromatic

  1. #015c94
  2. #018be0
  3. #30affe
  4. #7cccfe
  5. #c8eaff

Shades

#30affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #30affe
  2. #2b9ee5
  3. #268ccb
  4. #227bb2
  5. #1d6998
  6. #18587f
  7. #134666
  8. #0e354c
  9. #0a2333
  10. #051219
  11. #000000

Tints

#30affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #30affe
  2. #45b7fe
  3. #59bffe
  4. #6ec7fe
  5. #83cffe
  6. #98d7ff
  7. #acdfff
  8. #c1e7ff
  9. #d6efff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#30affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #30affe
  2. #38aaf1
  3. #40a6e5
  4. #48a1d8
  5. #509ccc
  6. #5898bf
  7. #6093b2
  8. #688ea6
  9. #708999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-30affe {
  color: #30affe;
}
Background
.bg-30affe {
  background-color: #30affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-30affe {
  border: 2px solid #30affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #30affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 99% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-30affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #30affe, #3048fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-30affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.99 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.24 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.44 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.76 #cf5001 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#30affe  rgb(48, 175, 254)  hsl(203, 99%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#fe7f30  rgb(254, 127, 48)  hsl(23, 99%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#fe30af  rgb(254, 48, 175)  hsl(323, 99%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#affe30  rgb(175, 254, 48)  hsl(83, 99%, 59%)  Green Yellow