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#39AEED

#39aeed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#39aeed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 68.24% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.95% cyan, 26.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 201°, with 83.33% saturation and 57.65% 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 8.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.02.

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Relative luminance0.3726

Complementary

  1. #39aeed
  2. #ed7839

Split complementary

  1. #39aeed
  2. #ed3954
  3. #edd239

Analogous

  1. #39edd2
  2. #39aeed
  3. #3954ed

Triadic

  1. #39aeed
  2. #ed39ae
  3. #aeed39

Tetradic

  1. #39aeed
  2. #7839ed
  3. #ed7839
  4. #aeed39

Square

  1. #39aeed
  2. #d239ed
  3. #ed7839
  4. #54ed39

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5881
  2. #1288c7
  3. #39aeed
  4. #7fcbf3
  5. #c5e7fa

Shades

#39aeed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39aeed
  2. #339dd5
  3. #2e8bbe
  4. #287aa6
  5. #22688e
  6. #1d5777
  7. #17465f
  8. #113447
  9. #0b232f
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#39aeed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39aeed
  2. #4db6ef
  3. #61bef1
  4. #74c6f2
  5. #88cef4
  6. #9cd7f6
  7. #b0dff8
  8. #c4e7fa
  9. #d7effb
  10. #ebf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39aeed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39aeed
  2. #40a9e2
  3. #47a5d7
  4. #4ea0cc
  5. #559cc1
  6. #5d97b7
  7. #6492ac
  8. #6b8ea1
  9. #728996
  10. #79858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a8c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aef0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #789dec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77aeef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a4ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39aeed {
  color: #39aeed;
}
Background
.bg-39aeed {
  background-color: #39aeed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39aeed {
  border: 2px solid #39aeed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39aeed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 174 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 83% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39aeed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39aeed, #3954ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39aeed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 174 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.02 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.75 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.97 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 11.31 #c65112 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39aeed  rgb(57, 174, 237)  hsl(201, 83%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7839  rgb(237, 120, 57)  hsl(21, 83%, 58%)  Mango Tango
#ed39ae  rgb(237, 57, 174)  hsl(321, 83%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#aeed39  rgb(174, 237, 57)  hsl(81, 83%, 58%)  Inchworm