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#3296CA

#3296ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3296ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.61% red, 58.82% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.25% cyan, 25.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 200.53°, with 60.32% saturation and 49.41% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.46.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2676

Complementary

  1. #3296ca
  2. #ca6632

Split complementary

  1. #3296ca
  2. #ca324a
  3. #cab232

Analogous

  1. #32cab2
  2. #3296ca
  3. #324aca

Triadic

  1. #3296ca
  2. #ca3296
  3. #96ca32

Tetradic

  1. #3296ca
  2. #6632ca
  3. #ca6632
  4. #96ca32

Square

  1. #3296ca
  2. #b232ca
  3. #ca6632
  4. #4aca32

Monochromatic

  1. #143b4f
  2. #23688d
  3. #3296ca
  4. #6eb6db
  5. #abd4ea

Shades

#3296ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3296ca
  2. #2d87b6
  3. #2878a2
  4. #23698d
  5. #1e5a79
  6. #194b65
  7. #143c51
  8. #0f2d3d
  9. #0a1e28
  10. #050f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3296ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3296ca
  2. #47a1cf
  3. #5babd5
  4. #70b6da
  5. #84c0df
  6. #99cbe5
  7. #add5ea
  8. #c2e0ef
  9. #d6eaf4
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3296ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3296ca
  2. #3a94c3
  3. #4292bb
  4. #498fb4
  5. #518dac
  6. #598ba5
  7. #61899e
  8. #698796
  9. #70848f
  10. #788287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7491a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d95cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6887c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6796cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #588dc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3296ca {
  color: #3296ca;
}
Background
.bg-3296ca {
  background-color: #3296ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3296ca {
  border: 2px solid #3296ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3296ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 50 150 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 60% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3296ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3296ca, #324aca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3296ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(50 150 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.46 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.97 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.25 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.75 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.66 #cd6935 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3296ca  rgb(50, 150, 202)  hsl(201, 60%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ca6632  rgb(202, 102, 50)  hsl(21, 60%, 49%)  Chocolate
#ca3296  rgb(202, 50, 150)  hsl(321, 60%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#96ca32  rgb(150, 202, 50)  hsl(81, 60%, 49%)  Yellow Green