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#349DEA

#349dea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#349dea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.39% red, 61.57% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.78% cyan, 32.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 205.38°, 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.3078

Complementary

  1. #349dea
  2. #ea8134

Split complementary

  1. #349dea
  2. #ea3442
  3. #eadc34

Analogous

  1. #34eadc
  2. #349dea
  3. #3442ea

Triadic

  1. #349dea
  2. #ea349d
  3. #9dea34

Tetradic

  1. #349dea
  2. #8134ea
  3. #ea8134
  4. #9dea34

Square

  1. #349dea
  2. #dc34ea
  3. #ea8134
  4. #42ea34

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4b79
  2. #1476be
  3. #349dea
  4. #79bef1
  5. #bfe0f8

Shades

#349dea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #349dea
  2. #2f8dd3
  3. #2a7ebb
  4. #246ea4
  5. #1f5e8c
  6. #1a4f75
  7. #153f5e
  8. #102f46
  9. #0a1f2f
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#349dea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #349dea
  2. #48a7ec
  3. #5db1ee
  4. #71baf0
  5. #85c4f2
  6. #9acef5
  7. #aed8f7
  8. #c2e2f9
  9. #d6ebfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#349dea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #349dea
  2. #3c9adf
  3. #4397d5
  4. #4b94ca
  5. #5291c0
  6. #5a8fb5
  7. #628caa
  8. #6989a0
  9. #718695
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b99be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a0ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f8fe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649fec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5195e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-349dea {
  color: #349dea;
}
Background
.bg-349dea {
  background-color: #349dea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-349dea {
  border: 2px solid #349dea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #349dea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 52 157 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-349dea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #349dea, #3442ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-349dea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(52 157 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.63 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.48 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.20 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.10 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.07 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.04 #cb6215 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#349dea  rgb(52, 157, 234)  hsl(205, 81%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ea8134  rgb(234, 129, 52)  hsl(25, 81%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea349d  rgb(234, 52, 157)  hsl(325, 81%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9dea34  rgb(157, 234, 52)  hsl(85, 81%, 56%)  Inchworm