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#39ADE3

#39ade3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#39ade3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 67.84% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.89% cyan, 23.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 199.06°, with 75.22% saturation and 55.69% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.13.

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Relative luminance0.363

Complementary

  1. #39ade3
  2. #e36f39

Split complementary

  1. #39ade3
  2. #e33958
  3. #e3c439

Analogous

  1. #39e3c4
  2. #39ade3
  3. #3958e3

Triadic

  1. #39ade3
  2. #e339ad
  3. #ade339

Tetradic

  1. #39ade3
  2. #6f39e3
  3. #e36f39
  4. #ade339

Square

  1. #39ade3
  2. #c439e3
  3. #e36f39
  4. #58e339

Monochromatic

  1. #105373
  2. #1a84b6
  3. #39ade3
  4. #7cc9ec
  5. #bfe5f6

Shades

#39ade3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39ade3
  2. #339ccc
  3. #2e8ab6
  4. #28799f
  5. #226888
  6. #1d5772
  7. #17455b
  8. #113444
  9. #0b232d
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#39ade3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39ade3
  2. #4db5e6
  3. #61bde9
  4. #74c6eb
  5. #88ceee
  6. #9cd6f1
  7. #b0def4
  8. #c4e6f7
  9. #d7eff9
  10. #ebf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39ade3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39ade3
  2. #40a9d9
  3. #47a4cf
  4. #4ea0c5
  5. #559bbb
  6. #5d97b2
  7. #6492a8
  8. #6b8e9e
  9. #728994
  10. #79858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a7c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92abe6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b9be2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79ace5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a3e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39ade3 {
  color: #39ade3;
}
Background
.bg-39ade3 {
  background-color: #39ade3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39ade3 {
  border: 2px solid #39ade3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39ade3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 173 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 75% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39ade3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39ade3, #3958e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39ade3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 173 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.13 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.63 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.27 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.28 #c6521c Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39ade3  rgb(57, 173, 227)  hsl(199, 75%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e36f39  rgb(227, 111, 57)  hsl(19, 75%, 56%)  Burnt Sienna
#e339ad  rgb(227, 57, 173)  hsl(319, 75%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#ade339  rgb(173, 227, 57)  hsl(79, 75%, 56%)  Inchworm