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#38ABFA

#38abfa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#38abfa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 67.06% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.6% cyan, 31.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.43°, with 95.1% saturation and 60% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.08.

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Relative luminance0.3687

Complementary

  1. #38abfa
  2. #fa8738

Split complementary

  1. #38abfa
  2. #fa384a
  3. #fae838

Analogous

  1. #38fae8
  2. #38abfa
  3. #384afa

Triadic

  1. #38abfa
  2. #fa38ab
  3. #abfa38

Tetradic

  1. #38abfa
  2. #8738fa
  3. #fa8738
  4. #abfa38

Square

  1. #38abfa
  2. #e838fa
  3. #fa8738
  4. #4afa38

Monochromatic

  1. #045a95
  2. #0687e0
  3. #38abfa
  4. #83cbfc
  5. #cdeafe

Shades

#38abfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38abfa
  2. #329ae1
  3. #2d89c8
  4. #2778af
  5. #226796
  6. #1c567d
  7. #164464
  8. #11334b
  9. #0b2232
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#38abfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38abfa
  2. #4cb3fb
  3. #60bcfb
  4. #74c4fc
  5. #88cdfc
  6. #9cd5fd
  7. #afddfd
  8. #c3e6fe
  9. #d7eefe
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38abfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38abfa
  2. #3fa7ee
  3. #46a2e2
  4. #4e9ed5
  5. #559ac9
  6. #5c96bd
  7. #6391b1
  8. #6a8da5
  9. #728998
  10. #79848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a7cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86adfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9cf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6facfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba2f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38abfa {
  color: #38abfa;
}
Background
.bg-38abfa {
  background-color: #38abfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38abfa {
  border: 2px solid #38abfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38abfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 171 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38abfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38abfa, #384afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38abfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 171 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.23 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.90 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.07 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.15 #c75405 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#38abfa  rgb(56, 171, 250)  hsl(204, 95%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#fa8738  rgb(250, 135, 56)  hsl(24, 95%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa38ab  rgb(250, 56, 171)  hsl(324, 95%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#abfa38  rgb(171, 250, 56)  hsl(84, 95%, 60%)  Green Yellow