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#3797CD

#3797cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3797cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.57% red, 59.22% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.17% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 201.6°, with 60% saturation and 50.98% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.8.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2735

Complementary

  1. #3797cd
  2. #cd6d37

Split complementary

  1. #3797cd
  2. #cd374c
  3. #cdb837

Analogous

  1. #37cdb8
  2. #3797cd
  3. #374ccd

Triadic

  1. #3797cd
  2. #cd3797
  3. #97cd37

Tetradic

  1. #3797cd
  2. #6d37cd
  3. #cd6d37
  4. #97cd37

Square

  1. #3797cd
  2. #b837cd
  3. #cd6d37
  4. #4ccd37

Monochromatic

  1. #153e56
  2. #256b93
  3. #3797cd
  4. #74b7dc
  5. #b1d7ec

Shades

#3797cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3797cd
  2. #3288b9
  3. #2c79a4
  4. #276a90
  5. #215b7b
  6. #1c4c67
  7. #163c52
  8. #112d3e
  9. #0b1e29
  10. #060f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#3797cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3797cd
  2. #4ba1d2
  3. #5facd7
  4. #73b6dc
  5. #87c1e1
  6. #9bcbe6
  7. #afd5eb
  8. #c3e0f0
  9. #d7eaf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3797cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3797cd
  2. #3e95c5
  3. #4692be
  4. #4d90b6
  5. #548eae
  6. #5c8ca7
  7. #63899f
  8. #6a8797
  9. #71858f
  10. #798288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7592ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d97cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6988cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6897ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #598ecc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009fb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3797cd {
  color: #3797cd;
}
Background
.bg-3797cd {
  background-color: #3797cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3797cd {
  border: 2px solid #3797cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3797cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 55 151 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 60% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3797cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3797cd, #374ccd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3797cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(55 151 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.12 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.89 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.90 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.05 #c86832 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3797cd  rgb(55, 151, 205)  hsl(202, 60%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#cd6d37  rgb(205, 109, 55)  hsl(22, 60%, 51%)  Chocolate
#cd3797  rgb(205, 55, 151)  hsl(322, 60%, 51%)  Mulberry
#97cd37  rgb(151, 205, 55)  hsl(82, 60%, 51%)  Yellow Green