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#3191CA

#3191ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3191ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.22% red, 56.86% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.74% cyan, 28.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 202.35°, with 60.96% saturation and 49.22% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.43.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2517

Complementary

  1. #3191ca
  2. #ca6a31

Split complementary

  1. #3191ca
  2. #ca3145
  3. #cab731

Analogous

  1. #31cab7
  2. #3191ca
  3. #3145ca

Triadic

  1. #3191ca
  2. #ca3191
  3. #91ca31

Tetradic

  1. #3191ca
  2. #6a31ca
  3. #ca6a31
  4. #91ca31

Square

  1. #3191ca
  2. #b731ca
  3. #ca6a31
  4. #45ca31

Monochromatic

  1. #13394f
  2. #22658c
  3. #3191ca
  4. #6cb2db
  5. #aad2ea

Shades

#3191ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3191ca
  2. #2c83b6
  3. #2774a2
  4. #22668d
  5. #1d5779
  6. #194965
  7. #143a51
  8. #0f2c3d
  9. #0a1d28
  10. #050f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3191ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3191ca
  2. #469ccf
  3. #5aa7d5
  4. #6fb2da
  5. #83bddf
  6. #98c8e5
  7. #add3ea
  8. #c1deef
  9. #d6e9f4
  10. #eaf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3191ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3191ca
  2. #398fc3
  3. #418ebb
  4. #498cb4
  5. #518aac
  6. #5989a5
  7. #60879e
  8. #688596
  9. #70838f
  10. #788287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708ca7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7691cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6183c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6291cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5289c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3191ca {
  color: #3191ca;
}
Background
.bg-3191ca {
  background-color: #3191ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3191ca {
  border: 2px solid #3191ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3191ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 49 145 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 61% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3191ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3191ca, #3145ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3191ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(49 145 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.43 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.86 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.13 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.32 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.60 #ce6e35 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3191ca  rgb(49, 145, 202)  hsl(202, 61%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ca6a31  rgb(202, 106, 49)  hsl(22, 61%, 49%)  Chocolate
#ca3191  rgb(202, 49, 145)  hsl(322, 61%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#91ca31  rgb(145, 202, 49)  hsl(82, 61%, 49%)  Yellow Green