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#3AA0F6

#3aa0f6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3aa0f6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 62.75% green and 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.42% cyan, 34.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 207.45°, with 91.26% saturation and 59.61% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3269

Complementary

  1. #3aa0f6
  2. #f6903a

Split complementary

  1. #3aa0f6
  2. #f63a42
  3. #f6ee3a

Analogous

  1. #3af6ee
  2. #3aa0f6
  3. #3a42f6

Triadic

  1. #3aa0f6
  2. #f63aa0
  3. #a0f63a

Tetradic

  1. #3aa0f6
  2. #903af6
  3. #f6903a
  4. #a0f63a

Square

  1. #3aa0f6
  2. #ee3af6
  3. #f6903a
  4. #42f63a

Monochromatic

  1. #075190
  2. #0a7bda
  3. #3aa0f6
  4. #83c3f9
  5. #cce7fd

Shades

#3aa0f6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3aa0f6
  2. #3490dd
  3. #2e80c5
  4. #2970ac
  5. #236094
  6. #1d507b
  7. #174062
  8. #11304a
  9. #0c2031
  10. #061019
  11. #000000

Tints

#3aa0f6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3aa0f6
  2. #4eaaf7
  3. #61b3f8
  4. #75bdf9
  5. #89c6fa
  6. #9dd0fb
  7. #b0d9fb
  8. #c4e3fc
  9. #d8ecfd
  10. #ebf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3aa0f6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3aa0f6
  2. #419dea
  3. #489ade
  4. #4f96d3
  5. #5693c7
  6. #5d90bb
  7. #648daf
  8. #6b8aa3
  9. #728698
  10. #79838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9dc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a4fa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c93f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a3f8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5198f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3aa0f6 {
  color: #3aa0f6;
}
Background
.bg-3aa0f6 {
  background-color: #3aa0f6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3aa0f6 {
  border: 2px solid #3aa0f6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3aa0f6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 160 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 91% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3aa0f6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3aa0f6, #3a42f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3aa0f6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 160 246 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.78 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.96 #c55f09 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3aa0f6  rgb(58, 160, 246)  hsl(207, 91%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#f6903a  rgb(246, 144, 58)  hsl(27, 91%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#f63aa0  rgb(246, 58, 160)  hsl(327, 91%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a0f63a  rgb(160, 246, 58)  hsl(87, 91%, 60%)  Green Yellow