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#399CE8

#399ce8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#399ce8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 61.18% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.43% cyan, 32.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 206.06°, with 79.19% saturation and 56.67% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3047

Complementary

  1. #399ce8
  2. #e88539

Split complementary

  1. #399ce8
  2. #e83945
  3. #e8dd39

Analogous

  1. #39e8dd
  2. #399ce8
  3. #3945e8

Triadic

  1. #399ce8
  2. #e8399c
  3. #9ce839

Tetradic

  1. #399ce8
  2. #8539e8
  3. #e88539
  4. #9ce839

Square

  1. #399ce8
  2. #dd39e8
  3. #e88539
  4. #45e839

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4b7a
  2. #1675be
  3. #399ce8
  4. #7ebef0
  5. #c2e1f8

Shades

#399ce8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #399ce8
  2. #338cd1
  3. #2e7dba
  4. #286da2
  5. #225e8b
  6. #1d4e74
  7. #173e5d
  8. #112f46
  9. #0b1f2e
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#399ce8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #399ce8
  2. #4da6ea
  3. #61b0ed
  4. #74baef
  5. #88c4f1
  6. #9ccef4
  7. #b0d7f6
  8. #c4e1f8
  9. #d7ebfa
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#399ce8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #399ce8
  2. #4099de
  3. #4796d3
  4. #4e94c9
  5. #5591be
  6. #5d8eb4
  7. #648baa
  8. #6b889f
  9. #728695
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b98bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #799feb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #608fe7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659eea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5394e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-399ce8 {
  color: #399ce8;
}
Background
.bg-399ce8 {
  background-color: #399ce8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-399ce8 {
  border: 2px solid #399ce8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #399ce8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 156 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 79% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-399ce8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #399ce8, #3945e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-399ce8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 156 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.06 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.60 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.59 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.69 #c66317 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#399ce8  rgb(57, 156, 232)  hsl(206, 79%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#e88539  rgb(232, 133, 57)  hsl(26, 79%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#e8399c  rgb(232, 57, 156)  hsl(326, 79%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9ce839  rgb(156, 232, 57)  hsl(86, 79%, 57%)  Inchworm