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#39ADE4

#39ade4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#39ade4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75% cyan, 24.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 199.3°, with 76% saturation and 55.88% 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 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.05.

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Relative luminance0.3636

Complementary

  1. #39ade4
  2. #e47039

Split complementary

  1. #39ade4
  2. #e43957
  3. #e4c639

Analogous

  1. #39e4c6
  2. #39ade4
  3. #3957e4

Triadic

  1. #39ade4
  2. #e439ad
  3. #ade439

Tetradic

  1. #39ade4
  2. #7039e4
  3. #e47039
  4. #ade439

Square

  1. #39ade4
  2. #c639e4
  3. #e47039
  4. #57e439

Monochromatic

  1. #105474
  2. #1985b7
  3. #39ade4
  4. #7cc9ed
  5. #c0e5f6

Shades

#39ade4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39ade4
  2. #339ccd
  3. #2e8ab6
  4. #2879a0
  5. #226889
  6. #1d5772
  7. #17455b
  8. #113444
  9. #0b232e
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#39ade4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39ade4
  2. #4db5e7
  3. #61bde9
  4. #74c6ec
  5. #88ceef
  6. #9cd6f2
  7. #b0def4
  8. #c4e6f7
  9. #d7effa
  10. #ebf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39ade4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39ade4
  2. #40a9da
  3. #47a4d0
  4. #4ea0c6
  5. #559bbc
  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 8.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a7c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92ace7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b9be3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78ace6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a3e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39ade4 {
  color: #39ade4;
}
Background
.bg-39ade4 {
  background-color: #39ade4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39ade4 {
  border: 2px solid #39ade4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39ade4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 173 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 76% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39ade4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39ade4, #3957e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39ade4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 173 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.05 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.61 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.24 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.46 #c6521b Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39ade4  rgb(57, 173, 228)  hsl(199, 76%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e47039  rgb(228, 112, 57)  hsl(19, 76%, 56%)  Burnt Sienna
#e439ad  rgb(228, 57, 173)  hsl(319, 76%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#ade439  rgb(173, 228, 57)  hsl(79, 76%, 56%)  Inchworm