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#32A4E3

#32a4e3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#32a4e3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.61% red, 64.31% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.97% cyan, 27.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 201.36°, with 75.97% saturation and 54.31% 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 7.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.14.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3278

Complementary

  1. #32a4e3
  2. #e37132

Split complementary

  1. #32a4e3
  2. #e3324b
  3. #e3ca32

Analogous

  1. #32e3ca
  2. #32a4e3
  3. #324be3

Triadic

  1. #32a4e3
  2. #e332a4
  3. #a4e332

Tetradic

  1. #32a4e3
  2. #7132e3
  3. #e37132
  4. #a4e332

Square

  1. #32a4e3
  2. #ca32e3
  3. #e37132
  4. #4be332

Monochromatic

  1. #0f4c6d
  2. #187ab0
  3. #32a4e3
  4. #75c2ec
  5. #b9e0f5

Shades

#32a4e3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #32a4e3
  2. #2d94cc
  3. #2883b6
  4. #23739f
  5. #1e6288
  6. #195272
  7. #14425b
  8. #0f3144
  9. #0a212d
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#32a4e3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #32a4e3
  2. #47ade6
  3. #5bb6e9
  4. #70bfeb
  5. #84c8ee
  6. #99d2f1
  7. #addbf4
  8. #c2e4f7
  9. #d6edf9
  10. #ebf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#32a4e3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #32a4e3
  2. #3aa0d9
  3. #429dcf
  4. #4999c5
  5. #5196bb
  6. #5992b2
  7. #618ea8
  8. #698b9e
  9. #708794
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a4e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e94e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea4e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9be2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aecc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-32a4e3 {
  color: #32a4e3;
}
Background
.bg-32a4e3 {
  background-color: #32a4e3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-32a4e3 {
  border: 2px solid #32a4e3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #32a4e3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 50 164 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 76% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-32a4e3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #32a4e3, #324be3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-32a4e3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(50 164 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.10 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.95 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.15 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.39 #cd5b1c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#32a4e3  rgb(50, 164, 227)  hsl(201, 76%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e37132  rgb(227, 113, 50)  hsl(21, 76%, 54%)  Chocolate
#e332a4  rgb(227, 50, 164)  hsl(321, 76%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#a4e332  rgb(164, 227, 50)  hsl(81, 76%, 54%)  Inchworm