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#39A3EE

#39a3ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#39a3ee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 63.92% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.05% cyan, 31.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 204.86°, with 84.19% saturation and 57.84% 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 7.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3324

Complementary

  1. #39a3ee
  2. #ee8439

Split complementary

  1. #39a3ee
  2. #ee3948
  3. #eede39

Analogous

  1. #39eede
  2. #39a3ee
  3. #3948ee

Triadic

  1. #39a3ee
  2. #ee39a3
  3. #a3ee39

Tetradic

  1. #39a3ee
  2. #8439ee
  3. #ee8439
  4. #a3ee39

Square

  1. #39a3ee
  2. #de39ee
  3. #ee8439
  4. #48ee39

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5183
  2. #117dc9
  3. #39a3ee
  4. #7fc4f4
  5. #c6e4fa

Shades

#39a3ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39a3ee
  2. #3393d6
  3. #2e82be
  4. #2872a7
  5. #22628f
  6. #1d5277
  7. #17415f
  8. #113147
  9. #0b2130
  10. #061018
  11. #000000

Tints

#39a3ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39a3ee
  2. #4dacf0
  3. #61b5f1
  4. #74bff3
  5. #88c8f5
  6. #9cd1f7
  7. #b0daf8
  8. #c4e3fa
  9. #d7edfc
  10. #ebf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39a3ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39a3ee
  2. #40a0e3
  3. #479cd8
  4. #4e99cd
  5. #5595c2
  6. #5d92b7
  7. #648eac
  8. #6b8ba1
  9. #728796
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809fc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6794ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba4f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589bed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39a3ee {
  color: #39a3ee;
}
Background
.bg-39a3ee {
  background-color: #39a3ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39a3ee {
  border: 2px solid #39a3ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39a3ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 163 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 84% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39a3ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39a3ee, #3948ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39a3ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 163 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.51 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.68 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.31 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.11 #c65c11 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39a3ee  rgb(57, 163, 238)  hsl(205, 84%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ee8439  rgb(238, 132, 57)  hsl(25, 84%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ee39a3  rgb(238, 57, 163)  hsl(325, 84%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a3ee39  rgb(163, 238, 57)  hsl(85, 84%, 58%)  Inchworm