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#3AA4E7

#3aa4e7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3aa4e7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 64.31% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.89% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 203.24°, with 78.28% saturation and 56.67% 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 7.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.96.

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Relative luminance0.3322

Complementary

  1. #3aa4e7
  2. #e77d3a

Split complementary

  1. #3aa4e7
  2. #e73a4e
  3. #e7d43a

Analogous

  1. #3ae7d4
  2. #3aa4e7
  3. #3a4ee7

Triadic

  1. #3aa4e7
  2. #e73aa4
  3. #a4e73a

Tetradic

  1. #3aa4e7
  2. #7d3ae7
  3. #e77d3a
  4. #a4e73a

Square

  1. #3aa4e7
  2. #d43ae7
  3. #e77d3a
  4. #4ee73a

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5079
  2. #177dbd
  3. #3aa4e7
  4. #7ec4ef
  5. #c2e3f8

Shades

#3aa4e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3aa4e7
  2. #3494d0
  3. #2e83b9
  4. #2973a2
  5. #23628b
  6. #1d5274
  7. #17425c
  8. #113145
  9. #0c212e
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3aa4e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3aa4e7
  2. #4eade9
  3. #61b6ec
  4. #75bfee
  5. #89c8f1
  6. #9dd2f3
  7. #b0dbf5
  8. #c4e4f8
  9. #d8edfa
  10. #ebf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3aa4e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3aa4e7
  2. #41a0dd
  3. #489dd2
  4. #4f99c8
  5. #5696be
  6. #5d92b4
  7. #648ea9
  8. #6b8b9f
  9. #728795
  10. #79848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809fbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a5ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d95e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea5e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9be6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aece ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3aa4e7 {
  color: #3aa4e7;
}
Background
.bg-3aa4e7 {
  background-color: #3aa4e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3aa4e7 {
  border: 2px solid #3aa4e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3aa4e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 164 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 78% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3aa4e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3aa4e7, #3a4ee7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3aa4e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 164 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.52 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.18 #c55b18 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3aa4e7  rgb(58, 164, 231)  hsl(203, 78%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#e77d3a  rgb(231, 125, 58)  hsl(23, 78%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#e73aa4  rgb(231, 58, 164)  hsl(323, 78%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a4e73a  rgb(164, 231, 58)  hsl(83, 78%, 57%)  Inchworm