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#32ACE3

#32ace3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#32ace3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.61% red, 67.45% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.97% cyan, 24.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 198.64°, 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 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3573

Complementary

  1. #32ace3
  2. #e36932

Split complementary

  1. #32ace3
  2. #e33253
  3. #e3c132

Analogous

  1. #32e3c1
  2. #32ace3
  3. #3253e3

Triadic

  1. #32ace3
  2. #e332ac
  3. #ace332

Tetradic

  1. #32ace3
  2. #6932e3
  3. #e36932
  4. #ace332

Square

  1. #32ace3
  2. #c132e3
  3. #e36932
  4. #53e332

Monochromatic

  1. #0f506d
  2. #1881b0
  3. #32ace3
  4. #75c7ec
  5. #b9e3f5

Shades

#32ace3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #32ace3
  2. #2d9bcc
  3. #288ab6
  4. #23789f
  5. #1e6788
  6. #195672
  7. #14455b
  8. #0f3444
  9. #0a222d
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#32ace3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #32ace3
  2. #47b4e6
  3. #5bbde9
  4. #70c5eb
  5. #84cdee
  6. #99d6f1
  7. #addef4
  8. #c2e6f7
  9. #d6eef9
  10. #ebf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#32ace3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #32ace3
  2. #3aa8d9
  3. #42a3cf
  4. #499fc5
  5. #519abb
  6. #5996b2
  7. #6192a8
  8. #698d9e
  9. #708994
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aae6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #799ae2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76abe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a1e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-32ace3 {
  color: #32ace3;
}
Background
.bg-32ace3 {
  background-color: #32ace3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-32ace3 {
  border: 2px solid #32ace3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #32ace3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 50 172 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 76% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-32ace3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #32ace3, #3253e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-32ace3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(50 172 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.10 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.93 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.71 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.05 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.68 #cd531c Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#32ace3  rgb(50, 172, 227)  hsl(199, 76%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e36932  rgb(227, 105, 50)  hsl(19, 76%, 54%)  Flame
#e332ac  rgb(227, 50, 172)  hsl(319, 76%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#ace332  rgb(172, 227, 50)  hsl(79, 76%, 54%)  Inchworm