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#3497EA

#3497ea ≈ Dodger Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3497ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.39% red, 59.22% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.78% cyan, 35.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.36°, with 81.25% saturation and 56.08% 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 6.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dodger Blue (#1e90ff), ΔE 3.4.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.288

Complementary

  1. #3497ea
  2. #ea8734

Split complementary

  1. #3497ea
  2. #ea343c
  3. #eae234

Analogous

  1. #34eae2
  2. #3497ea
  3. #343cea

Triadic

  1. #3497ea
  2. #ea3497
  3. #97ea34

Tetradic

  1. #3497ea
  2. #8734ea
  3. #ea8734
  4. #97ea34

Square

  1. #3497ea
  2. #e234ea
  3. #ea8734
  4. #3cea34

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4779
  2. #1470be
  3. #3497ea
  4. #79bbf1
  5. #bfdef8

Shades

#3497ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3497ea
  2. #2f88d3
  3. #2a79bb
  4. #246aa4
  5. #1f5b8c
  6. #1a4c75
  7. #153c5e
  8. #102d46
  9. #0a1e2f
  10. #050f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#3497ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3497ea
  2. #48a1ec
  3. #5dacee
  4. #71b6f0
  5. #85c1f2
  6. #9acbf5
  7. #aed5f7
  8. #c2e0f9
  9. #d6eafb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3497ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3497ea
  2. #3c95df
  3. #4392d5
  4. #4b90ca
  5. #528ec0
  6. #5a8cb5
  7. #6289aa
  8. #6987a0
  9. #718595
  10. #78828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7894bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #709bed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #558be8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e9aec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a90e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3497ea {
  color: #3497ea;
}
Background
.bg-3497ea {
  background-color: #3497ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3497ea {
  border: 2px solid #3497ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3497ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 52 151 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3497ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3497ea, #343cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3497ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(52 151 234 / 0.35);
}

#1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.40 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.82 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.44 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.99 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.56 #cb6815 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Dodger Blue
#3497ea  rgb(52, 151, 234)  hsl(207, 81%, 56%)  Dodger Blue
#ea8734  rgb(234, 135, 52)  hsl(27, 81%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3497  rgb(234, 52, 151)  hsl(327, 81%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#97ea34  rgb(151, 234, 52)  hsl(87, 81%, 56%)  Inchworm