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#3AA1EA

#3aa1ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3aa1ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 63.14% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.21% cyan, 31.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.89°, with 80.73% saturation and 57.25% 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 7.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.17.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3233

Complementary

  1. #3aa1ea
  2. #ea833a

Split complementary

  1. #3aa1ea
  2. #ea3a49
  3. #eadb3a

Analogous

  1. #3aeadb
  2. #3aa1ea
  3. #3a49ea

Triadic

  1. #3aa1ea
  2. #ea3aa1
  3. #a1ea3a

Tetradic

  1. #3aa1ea
  2. #833aea
  3. #ea833a
  4. #a1ea3a

Square

  1. #3aa1ea
  2. #db3aea
  3. #ea833a
  4. #49ea3a

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4f7e
  2. #157bc3
  3. #3aa1ea
  4. #7fc2f1
  5. #c4e3f9

Shades

#3aa1ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3aa1ea
  2. #3491d3
  3. #2e81bb
  4. #2971a4
  5. #23618c
  6. #1d5175
  7. #17405e
  8. #113046
  9. #0c202f
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3aa1ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3aa1ea
  2. #4eaaec
  3. #61b4ee
  4. #75bdf0
  5. #89c7f2
  6. #9dd0f5
  7. #b0d9f7
  8. #c4e3f9
  9. #d8ecfb
  10. #ebf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3aa1ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3aa1ea
  2. #419edf
  3. #489ad5
  4. #4f97ca
  5. #5694c0
  6. #5d91b5
  7. #648daa
  8. #6b8aa0
  9. #728795
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6793e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5899e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00accf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3aa1ea {
  color: #3aa1ea;
}
Background
.bg-3aa1ea {
  background-color: #3aa1ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3aa1ea {
  border: 2px solid #3aa1ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3aa1ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 161 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3aa1ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3aa1ea, #3a49ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3aa1ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 161 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.63 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.91 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.64 #c55e15 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3aa1ea  rgb(58, 161, 234)  hsl(205, 81%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ea833a  rgb(234, 131, 58)  hsl(25, 81%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3aa1  rgb(234, 58, 161)  hsl(325, 81%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a1ea3a  rgb(161, 234, 58)  hsl(85, 81%, 57%)  Inchworm