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#3AA3CD

#3aa3cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3aa3cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 63.92% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.71% cyan, 20.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 197.14°, with 59.51% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.23.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.315

Complementary

  1. #3aa3cd
  2. #cd643a

Split complementary

  1. #3aa3cd
  2. #cd3a5a
  3. #cdad3a

Analogous

  1. #3acdad
  2. #3aa3cd
  3. #3a5acd

Triadic

  1. #3aa3cd
  2. #cd3aa3
  3. #a3cd3a

Tetradic

  1. #3aa3cd
  2. #643acd
  3. #cd643a
  4. #a3cd3a

Square

  1. #3aa3cd
  2. #ad3acd
  3. #cd643a
  4. #5acd3a

Monochromatic

  1. #164558
  2. #267595
  3. #3aa3cd
  4. #77bfdc
  5. #b4dcec

Shades

#3aa3cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3aa3cd
  2. #3493b9
  3. #2e82a4
  4. #297290
  5. #23627b
  6. #1d5267
  7. #174152
  8. #11313e
  9. #0c2129
  10. #061015
  11. #000000

Tints

#3aa3cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3aa3cd
  2. #4eacd2
  3. #61b5d7
  4. #75bfdc
  5. #89c8e1
  6. #9dd1e6
  7. #b0daeb
  8. #c4e3f0
  9. #d8edf5
  10. #ebf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3aa3cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3aa3cd
  2. #41a0c5
  3. #489cbe
  4. #4f99b6
  5. #5695ae
  6. #5d92a7
  7. #648e9f
  8. #6b8b97
  9. #72878f
  10. #798488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9db0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da0cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7992cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a1ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6699cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aabd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3aa3cd {
  color: #3aa3cd;
}
Background
.bg-3aa3cd {
  background-color: #3aa3cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3aa3cd {
  border: 2px solid #3aa3cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3aa3cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 163 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 60% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3aa3cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3aa3cd, #3a5acd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3aa3cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 163 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.23 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.28 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.76 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.10 #c55c32 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3aa3cd  rgb(58, 163, 205)  hsl(197, 60%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#cd643a  rgb(205, 100, 58)  hsl(17, 60%, 52%)  Flame
#cd3aa3  rgb(205, 58, 163)  hsl(317, 60%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a3cd3a  rgb(163, 205, 58)  hsl(77, 60%, 52%)  Yellow Green