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#35AFFE

#35affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#35affe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.13% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 203.58°, with 99.01% saturation and 60.2% 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 8.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.93.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3857

Complementary

  1. #35affe
  2. #fe8435

Split complementary

  1. #35affe
  2. #fe354b
  3. #fee835

Analogous

  1. #35fee8
  2. #35affe
  3. #354bfe

Triadic

  1. #35affe
  2. #fe35af
  3. #affe35

Tetradic

  1. #35affe
  2. #8435fe
  3. #fe8435
  4. #affe35

Square

  1. #35affe
  2. #e835fe
  3. #fe8435
  4. #4bfe35

Monochromatic

  1. #015d99
  2. #018ce5
  3. #35affe
  4. #81cdfe
  5. #cdebff

Shades

#35affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #35affe
  2. #309ee5
  3. #2a8ccb
  4. #257bb2
  5. #206998
  6. #1b587f
  7. #154666
  8. #10354c
  9. #0b2333
  10. #051219
  11. #000000

Tints

#35affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #35affe
  2. #49b7fe
  3. #5dbffe
  4. #72c7fe
  5. #86cffe
  6. #9ad7ff
  7. #aedfff
  8. #c2e7ff
  9. #d7efff
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#35affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #35affe
  2. #3daaf1
  3. #44a6e5
  4. #4ca1d8
  5. #539ccc
  6. #5b98bf
  7. #6293b2
  8. #6a8ea6
  9. #718999
  10. #79858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88aad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9ffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-35affe {
  color: #35affe;
}
Background
.bg-35affe {
  background-color: #35affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-35affe {
  border: 2px solid #35affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #35affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 99% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-35affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #35affe, #354bfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-35affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.93 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.85 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.28 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.74 #ca5001 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#35affe  rgb(53, 175, 254)  hsl(204, 99%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8435  rgb(254, 132, 53)  hsl(24, 99%, 60%)  Mango Tango
#fe35af  rgb(254, 53, 175)  hsl(324, 99%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#affe35  rgb(175, 254, 53)  hsl(84, 99%, 60%)  Green Yellow