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#3AA2DB

#3aa2db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3aa2db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 63.53% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.52% cyan, 26.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 201.24°, with 69.1% saturation and 54.31% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3185

Complementary

  1. #3aa2db
  2. #db733a

Split complementary

  1. #3aa2db
  2. #db3a51
  3. #dbc33a

Analogous

  1. #3adbc3
  2. #3aa2db
  3. #3a51db

Triadic

  1. #3aa2db
  2. #db3aa2
  3. #a2db3a

Tetradic

  1. #3aa2db
  2. #733adb
  3. #db733a
  4. #a2db3a

Square

  1. #3aa2db
  2. #c33adb
  3. #db733a
  4. #51db3a

Monochromatic

  1. #134a69
  2. #1f78aa
  3. #3aa2db
  4. #7bc1e7
  5. #bbdff3

Shades

#3aa2db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3aa2db
  2. #3492c5
  3. #2e82af
  4. #297199
  5. #236183
  6. #1d516e
  7. #174158
  8. #113142
  9. #0c202c
  10. #061016
  11. #000000

Tints

#3aa2db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3aa2db
  2. #4eabdf
  3. #61b5e2
  4. #75bee6
  5. #89c7e9
  6. #9dd1ed
  7. #b0daf1
  8. #c4e3f4
  9. #d8ecf8
  10. #ebf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3aa2db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3aa2db
  2. #419fd2
  3. #489bc9
  4. #4f98c0
  5. #5694b7
  6. #5d91ae
  7. #648ea4
  8. #6b8a9b
  9. #728792
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a2de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7192da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a2dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6099da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3aa2db {
  color: #3aa2db;
}
Background
.bg-3aa2db {
  background-color: #3aa2db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3aa2db {
  border: 2px solid #3aa2db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3aa2db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 162 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 69% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3aa2db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3aa2db, #3a51db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3aa2db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 162 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.22 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.20 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.41 #c55d24 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3aa2db  rgb(58, 162, 219)  hsl(201, 69%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#db733a  rgb(219, 115, 58)  hsl(21, 69%, 54%)  Chocolate
#db3aa2  rgb(219, 58, 162)  hsl(321, 69%, 54%)  Mulberry
#a2db3a  rgb(162, 219, 58)  hsl(81, 69%, 54%)  Yellow Green