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#35ADEB

#35adeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#35adeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 67.84% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.45% cyan, 26.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 200.44°, with 81.98% 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.9.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3664

Complementary

  1. #35adeb
  2. #eb7335

Split complementary

  1. #35adeb
  2. #eb3552
  3. #ebce35

Analogous

  1. #35ebce
  2. #35adeb
  3. #3552eb

Triadic

  1. #35adeb
  2. #eb35ad
  3. #adeb35

Tetradic

  1. #35adeb
  2. #7335eb
  3. #eb7335
  4. #adeb35

Square

  1. #35adeb
  2. #ce35eb
  3. #eb7335
  4. #52eb35

Monochromatic

  1. #0c557b
  2. #1385c0
  3. #35adeb
  4. #7bc9f2
  5. #c0e6f9

Shades

#35adeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #35adeb
  2. #309cd4
  3. #2a8abc
  4. #2579a5
  5. #20688d
  6. #1b5776
  7. #15455e
  8. #103447
  9. #0b232f
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#35adeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #35adeb
  2. #49b5ed
  3. #5dbdef
  4. #72c6f1
  5. #86cef3
  6. #9ad6f5
  7. #aedef7
  8. #c2e6f9
  9. #d7effb
  10. #ebf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#35adeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #35adeb
  2. #3da9e0
  3. #44a4d6
  4. #4ca0cb
  5. #539bc0
  6. #5b97b6
  7. #6292ab
  8. #6a8ea0
  9. #718995
  10. #79858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a7c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8facee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779cea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75aded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a3ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-35adeb {
  color: #35adeb;
}
Background
.bg-35adeb {
  background-color: #35adeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-35adeb {
  border: 2px solid #35adeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #35adeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 173 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 82% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-35adeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #35adeb, #3552eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-35adeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 173 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.13 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.62 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.45 #ca5214 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#35adeb  rgb(53, 173, 235)  hsl(200, 82%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#eb7335  rgb(235, 115, 53)  hsl(20, 82%, 56%)  Mango Tango
#eb35ad  rgb(235, 53, 173)  hsl(320, 82%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#adeb35  rgb(173, 235, 53)  hsl(80, 82%, 56%)  Inchworm