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#32AFFE

#32affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#32affe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.61% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.31% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 203.24°, with 99.03% saturation and 59.61% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.95.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3849

Complementary

  1. #32affe
  2. #fe8132

Split complementary

  1. #32affe
  2. #fe3249
  3. #fee732

Analogous

  1. #32fee7
  2. #32affe
  3. #3249fe

Triadic

  1. #32affe
  2. #fe32af
  3. #affe32

Tetradic

  1. #32affe
  2. #8132fe
  3. #fe8132
  4. #affe32

Square

  1. #32affe
  2. #e732fe
  3. #fe8132
  4. #49fe32

Monochromatic

  1. #015c96
  2. #018be2
  3. #32affe
  4. #7ecdfe
  5. #caeaff

Shades

#32affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #32affe
  2. #2d9ee5
  3. #288ccb
  4. #237bb2
  5. #1e6998
  6. #19587f
  7. #144666
  8. #0f354c
  9. #0a2333
  10. #051219
  11. #000000

Tints

#32affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #32affe
  2. #47b7fe
  3. #5bbffe
  4. #70c7fe
  5. #84cffe
  6. #99d7ff
  7. #addfff
  8. #c2e7ff
  9. #d6efff
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#32affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #32affe
  2. #3aaaf1
  3. #42a6e5
  4. #49a1d8
  5. #519ccc
  6. #5998bf
  7. #6193b2
  8. #698ea6
  9. #708999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87aad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-32affe {
  color: #32affe;
}
Background
.bg-32affe {
  background-color: #32affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-32affe {
  border: 2px solid #32affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #32affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 50 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 99% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-32affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #32affe, #3249fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-32affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(50 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.36 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.92 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.20 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.75 #cd5001 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#32affe  rgb(50, 175, 254)  hsl(203, 99%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8132  rgb(254, 129, 50)  hsl(23, 99%, 60%)  Pumpkin
#fe32af  rgb(254, 50, 175)  hsl(323, 99%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#affe32  rgb(175, 254, 50)  hsl(83, 99%, 60%)  Green Yellow