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#39ADE8

#39ade8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#39ade8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.43% cyan, 25.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 200.23°, 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.84.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3658

Complementary

  1. #39ade8
  2. #e87439

Split complementary

  1. #39ade8
  2. #e83956
  3. #e8cc39

Analogous

  1. #39e8cc
  2. #39ade8
  3. #3956e8

Triadic

  1. #39ade8
  2. #e839ad
  3. #ade839

Tetradic

  1. #39ade8
  2. #7439e8
  3. #e87439
  4. #ade839

Square

  1. #39ade8
  2. #cc39e8
  3. #e87439
  4. #56e839

Monochromatic

  1. #0e567a
  2. #1686be
  3. #39ade8
  4. #7ec9f0
  5. #c2e6f8

Shades

#39ade8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39ade8
  2. #339cd1
  3. #2e8aba
  4. #2879a2
  5. #22688b
  6. #1d5774
  7. #17455d
  8. #113446
  9. #0b232e
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#39ade8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39ade8
  2. #4db5ea
  3. #61bded
  4. #74c6ef
  5. #88cef1
  6. #9cd6f4
  7. #b0def6
  8. #c4e6f8
  9. #d7effa
  10. #ebf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39ade8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39ade8
  2. #40a9de
  3. #47a4d3
  4. #4ea0c9
  5. #559bbe
  6. #5d97b4
  7. #6492aa
  8. #6b8e9f
  9. #728995
  10. #79858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a7c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aceb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #799ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77acea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65a3e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39ade8 {
  color: #39ade8;
}
Background
.bg-39ade8 {
  background-color: #39ade8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39ade8 {
  border: 2px solid #39ade8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39ade8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 173 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 79% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39ade8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39ade8, #3956e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39ade8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 173 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.17 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.19 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.19 #c65217 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39ade8  rgb(57, 173, 232)  hsl(200, 79%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#e87439  rgb(232, 116, 57)  hsl(20, 79%, 57%)  Mango Tango
#e839ad  rgb(232, 57, 173)  hsl(320, 79%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#ade839  rgb(173, 232, 57)  hsl(80, 79%, 57%)  Inchworm