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#39ADEF

#39adef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#39adef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.15% cyan, 27.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 201.76°, with 85.05% saturation and 58.04% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.81.

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Relative luminance0.3699

Complementary

  1. #39adef
  2. #ef7b39

Split complementary

  1. #39adef
  2. #ef3952
  3. #efd639

Analogous

  1. #39efd6
  2. #39adef
  3. #3952ef

Triadic

  1. #39adef
  2. #ef39ad
  3. #adef39

Tetradic

  1. #39adef
  2. #7b39ef
  3. #ef7b39
  4. #adef39

Square

  1. #39adef
  2. #d639ef
  3. #ef7b39
  4. #52ef39

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5884
  2. #1087cb
  3. #39adef
  4. #80caf5
  5. #c7e8fa

Shades

#39adef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39adef
  2. #339cd7
  3. #2e8abf
  4. #2879a7
  5. #22688f
  6. #1d5778
  7. #174560
  8. #113448
  9. #0b2330
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#39adef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39adef
  2. #4db5f1
  3. #61bdf2
  4. #74c6f4
  5. #88cef5
  6. #9cd6f7
  7. #b0def9
  8. #c4e6fa
  9. #d7effc
  10. #ebf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39adef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39adef
  2. #40a9e4
  3. #47a4d9
  4. #4ea0ce
  5. #559bc3
  6. #5d97b8
  7. #6492ac
  8. #6b8ea1
  9. #728996
  10. #79858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a8c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eadf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759cee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75adf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #62a3ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39adef {
  color: #39adef;
}
Background
.bg-39adef {
  background-color: #39adef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39adef {
  border: 2px solid #39adef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39adef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 173 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 85% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39adef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39adef, #3952ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39adef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 173 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.81 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.79 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.12 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.23 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.73 #c65210 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39adef  rgb(57, 173, 239)  hsl(202, 85%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ef7b39  rgb(239, 123, 57)  hsl(22, 85%, 58%)  Mango Tango
#ef39ad  rgb(239, 57, 173)  hsl(322, 85%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#adef39  rgb(173, 239, 57)  hsl(82, 85%, 58%)  Inchworm