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#39AADD

#39aadd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#39aadd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 66.67% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.21% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.66°, with 70.69% saturation and 54.51% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.74.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3484

Complementary

  1. #39aadd
  2. #dd6c39

Split complementary

  1. #39aadd
  2. #dd3958
  3. #ddbe39

Analogous

  1. #39ddbe
  2. #39aadd
  3. #3958dd

Triadic

  1. #39aadd
  2. #dd39aa
  3. #aadd39

Tetradic

  1. #39aadd
  2. #6c39dd
  3. #dd6c39
  4. #aadd39

Square

  1. #39aadd
  2. #be39dd
  3. #dd6c39
  4. #58dd39

Monochromatic

  1. #124f6b
  2. #1e80ac
  3. #39aadd
  4. #7ac6e8
  5. #bce2f3

Shades

#39aadd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39aadd
  2. #3399c7
  3. #2e88b1
  4. #28779b
  5. #226685
  6. #1d556f
  7. #174458
  8. #113342
  9. #0b222c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#39aadd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39aadd
  2. #4db3e0
  3. #61bbe4
  4. #74c4e7
  5. #88cceb
  6. #9cd5ee
  7. #b0ddf1
  8. #c4e6f5
  9. #d7eef8
  10. #ebf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39aadd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39aadd
  2. #40a6d4
  3. #47a2ca
  4. #4e9dc1
  5. #5599b8
  6. #5d95af
  7. #6491a5
  8. #6b8d9c
  9. #728893
  10. #798489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a4bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a8df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a98dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a9de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #66a0dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39aadd {
  color: #39aadd;
}
Background
.bg-39aadd {
  background-color: #39aadd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39aadd {
  border: 2px solid #39aadd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39aadd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 170 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 71% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39aadd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39aadd, #3958dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39aadd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 170 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.74 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.65 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.03 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.53 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.21 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.05 #c65522 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39aadd  rgb(57, 170, 221)  hsl(199, 71%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#dd6c39  rgb(221, 108, 57)  hsl(19, 71%, 55%)  Flame
#dd39aa  rgb(221, 57, 170)  hsl(319, 71%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#aadd39  rgb(170, 221, 57)  hsl(79, 71%, 55%)  Yellow Green