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#39AFFD

#39affd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#39affd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 68.63% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.47% cyan, 30.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 203.88°, with 98% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.84.

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Relative luminance0.3862

Complementary

  1. #39affd
  2. #fd8739

Split complementary

  1. #39affd
  2. #fd394d
  3. #fde939

Analogous

  1. #39fde9
  2. #39affd
  3. #394dfd

Triadic

  1. #39affd
  2. #fd39af
  3. #affd39

Tetradic

  1. #39affd
  2. #8739fd
  3. #fd8739
  4. #affd39

Square

  1. #39affd
  2. #e939fd
  3. #fd8739
  4. #4dfd39

Monochromatic

  1. #025e9b
  2. #028ce7
  3. #39affd
  4. #85cefe
  5. #d0ecff

Shades

#39affd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39affd
  2. #339ee4
  3. #2e8cca
  4. #287bb1
  5. #226998
  6. #1d587f
  7. #174665
  8. #11354c
  9. #0b2333
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#39affd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39affd
  2. #4db7fd
  3. #61bffd
  4. #74c7fe
  5. #88cffe
  6. #9cd7fe
  7. #b0dffe
  8. #c4e7fe
  9. #d7efff
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39affd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39affd
  2. #40aaf1
  3. #47a6e4
  4. #4ea1d8
  5. #559ccb
  6. #5d98bf
  7. #6493b2
  8. #6b8ea6
  9. #728999
  10. #79858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9ffc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ea6fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39affd {
  color: #39affd;
}
Background
.bg-39affd {
  background-color: #39affd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39affd {
  border: 2px solid #39affd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39affd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 175 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 98% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39affd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39affd, #394dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39affd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 175 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.68 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.87 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.21 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.62 #c65002 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39affd  rgb(57, 175, 253)  hsl(204, 98%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fd8739  rgb(253, 135, 57)  hsl(24, 98%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#fd39af  rgb(253, 57, 175)  hsl(324, 98%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#affd39  rgb(175, 253, 57)  hsl(84, 98%, 61%)  Green Yellow