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#38ACFA

#38acfa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#38acfa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 67.45% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.6% cyan, 31.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.12°, 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 8.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.21.

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Relative luminance0.3725

Complementary

  1. #38acfa
  2. #fa8638

Split complementary

  1. #38acfa
  2. #fa384b
  3. #fae738

Analogous

  1. #38fae7
  2. #38acfa
  3. #384bfa

Triadic

  1. #38acfa
  2. #fa38ac
  3. #acfa38

Tetradic

  1. #38acfa
  2. #8638fa
  3. #fa8638
  4. #acfa38

Square

  1. #38acfa
  2. #e738fa
  3. #fa8638
  4. #4bfa38

Monochromatic

  1. #045b95
  2. #0688e0
  3. #38acfa
  4. #83cbfc
  5. #cdeafe

Shades

#38acfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38acfa
  2. #329be1
  3. #2d8ac8
  4. #2778af
  5. #226796
  6. #1c567d
  7. #164564
  8. #11344b
  9. #0b2232
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#38acfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38acfa
  2. #4cb4fb
  3. #60bdfb
  4. #74c5fc
  5. #88cdfc
  6. #9cd6fd
  7. #afdefd
  8. #c3e6fe
  9. #d7eefe
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38acfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38acfa
  2. #3fa8ee
  3. #46a3e2
  4. #4e9fd5
  5. #559ac9
  6. #5c96bd
  7. #6392b1
  8. #6a8da5
  9. #728998
  10. #79848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a7cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aefd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9cf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70adfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca3f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38acfa {
  color: #38acfa;
}
Background
.bg-38acfa {
  background-color: #38acfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38acfa {
  border: 2px solid #38acfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38acfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 172 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38acfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38acfa, #384bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38acfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 172 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.41 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.47 #c75305 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#38acfa  rgb(56, 172, 250)  hsl(204, 95%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#fa8638  rgb(250, 134, 56)  hsl(24, 95%, 60%)  Mango Tango
#fa38ac  rgb(250, 56, 172)  hsl(324, 95%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#acfa38  rgb(172, 250, 56)  hsl(84, 95%, 60%)  Green Yellow