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#3391C3

#3391c3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3391c3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 56.86% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.85% cyan, 25.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 200.83°, with 58.54% saturation and 48.24% 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 5.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.75.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2489

Complementary

  1. #3391c3
  2. #c36533

Split complementary

  1. #3391c3
  2. #c33349
  3. #c3ad33

Analogous

  1. #33c3ad
  2. #3391c3
  3. #3349c3

Triadic

  1. #3391c3
  2. #c33391
  3. #91c333

Tetradic

  1. #3391c3
  2. #6533c3
  3. #c36533
  4. #91c333

Square

  1. #3391c3
  2. #ad33c3
  3. #c36533
  4. #49c333

Monochromatic

  1. #13374a
  2. #236486
  3. #3391c3
  4. #6ab2d8
  5. #a7d1e8

Shades

#3391c3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3391c3
  2. #2e83b0
  3. #29749c
  4. #246689
  5. #1f5775
  6. #1a4962
  7. #143a4e
  8. #0f2c3b
  9. #0a1d27
  10. #050f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3391c3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3391c3
  2. #479cc9
  3. #5ca7cf
  4. #70b2d5
  5. #85bddb
  6. #99c8e1
  7. #add3e7
  8. #c2deed
  9. #d6e9f3
  10. #ebf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3391c3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3391c3
  2. #3b8fbc
  3. #428eb6
  4. #4a8caf
  5. #528aa8
  6. #5a89a2
  7. #61879b
  8. #698594
  9. #71838d
  10. #788287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708ca3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7990c5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6583c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ea2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6491c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5689c2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3391c3 {
  color: #3391c3;
}
Background
.bg-3391c3 {
  background-color: #3391c3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3391c3 {
  border: 2px solid #3391c3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3391c3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 145 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 59% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3391c3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3391c3, #3349c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3391c3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 145 195 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.75 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.96 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.37 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.61 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.70 #cc6e3c Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3391c3  rgb(51, 145, 195)  hsl(201, 59%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#c36533  rgb(195, 101, 51)  hsl(21, 59%, 48%)  Chocolate
#c33391  rgb(195, 51, 145)  hsl(321, 59%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#91c333  rgb(145, 195, 51)  hsl(81, 59%, 48%)  Yellow Green