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#37AFFE

#37affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#37affe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.57% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.35% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 203.82°, with 99% saturation and 60.59% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.91.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3863

Complementary

  1. #37affe
  2. #fe8637

Split complementary

  1. #37affe
  2. #fe374c
  3. #fee937

Analogous

  1. #37fee9
  2. #37affe
  3. #374cfe

Triadic

  1. #37affe
  2. #fe37af
  3. #affe37

Tetradic

  1. #37affe
  2. #8637fe
  3. #fe8637
  4. #affe37

Square

  1. #37affe
  2. #e937fe
  3. #fe8637
  4. #4cfe37

Monochromatic

  1. #015e9b
  2. #018ce7
  3. #37affe
  4. #83cdfe
  5. #cfecff

Shades

#37affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #37affe
  2. #329ee5
  3. #2c8ccb
  4. #277bb2
  5. #216998
  6. #1c587f
  7. #164666
  8. #11354c
  9. #0b2333
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#37affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #37affe
  2. #4bb7fe
  3. #5fbffe
  4. #73c7fe
  5. #87cffe
  6. #9bd7ff
  7. #afdfff
  8. #c3e7ff
  9. #d7efff
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#37affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #37affe
  2. #3eaaf1
  3. #46a6e5
  4. #4da1d8
  5. #549ccc
  6. #5c98bf
  7. #6393b2
  8. #6a8ea6
  9. #718999
  10. #79858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 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 #72b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5da6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-37affe {
  color: #37affe;
}
Background
.bg-37affe {
  background-color: #37affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-37affe {
  border: 2px solid #37affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #37affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 55 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 99% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-37affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #37affe, #374cfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-37affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(55 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.91 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.76 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.21 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.73 #c85001 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#37affe  rgb(55, 175, 254)  hsl(204, 99%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8637  rgb(254, 134, 55)  hsl(24, 99%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#fe37af  rgb(254, 55, 175)  hsl(324, 99%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#affe37  rgb(175, 254, 55)  hsl(84, 99%, 61%)  Green Yellow