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#349BEC

#349bec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#349bec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.39% red, 60.78% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.97% cyan, 34.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 206.41°, with 82.88% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.14.

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Relative luminance0.3023

Complementary

  1. #349bec
  2. #ec8534

Split complementary

  1. #349bec
  2. #ec343f
  3. #ece134

Analogous

  1. #34ece1
  2. #349bec
  3. #343fec

Triadic

  1. #349bec
  2. #ec349b
  3. #9bec34

Tetradic

  1. #349bec
  2. #8534ec
  3. #ec8534
  4. #9bec34

Square

  1. #349bec
  2. #e134ec
  3. #ec8534
  4. #3fec34

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4a7b
  2. #1274c1
  3. #349bec
  4. #7abdf3
  5. #c0e0f9

Shades

#349bec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #349bec
  2. #2f8cd4
  3. #2a7cbd
  4. #246da5
  5. #1f5d8e
  6. #1a4e76
  7. #153e5e
  8. #102f47
  9. #0a1f2f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#349bec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #349bec
  2. #48a5ee
  3. #5daff0
  4. #71b9f2
  5. #85c3f4
  6. #9acdf6
  7. #aed7f7
  8. #c2e1f9
  9. #d6ebfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#349bec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #349bec
  2. #3c98e1
  3. #4396d6
  4. #4b93cc
  5. #5290c1
  6. #5a8eb6
  7. #628bab
  8. #6988a0
  9. #718596
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759fef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #619dee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e93eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-349bec {
  color: #349bec;
}
Background
.bg-349bec {
  background-color: #349bec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-349bec {
  border: 2px solid #349bec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #349bec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 52 155 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 83% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-349bec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #349bec, #343fec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-349bec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(52 155 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.56 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.43 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.39 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.62 #cb6413 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#349bec  rgb(52, 155, 236)  hsl(206, 83%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ec8534  rgb(236, 133, 52)  hsl(26, 83%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec349b  rgb(236, 52, 155)  hsl(326, 83%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9bec34  rgb(155, 236, 52)  hsl(86, 83%, 56%)  Inchworm