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#3AAAEA

#3aaaea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3aaaea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 66.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.21% cyan, 27.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, 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 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.03.

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Relative luminance0.3559

Complementary

  1. #3aaaea
  2. #ea7a3a

Split complementary

  1. #3aaaea
  2. #ea3a52
  3. #ead23a

Analogous

  1. #3aead2
  2. #3aaaea
  3. #3a52ea

Triadic

  1. #3aaaea
  2. #ea3aaa
  3. #aaea3a

Tetradic

  1. #3aaaea
  2. #7a3aea
  3. #ea7a3a
  4. #aaea3a

Square

  1. #3aaaea
  2. #d23aea
  3. #ea7a3a
  4. #52ea3a

Monochromatic

  1. #0d557e
  2. #1583c3
  3. #3aaaea
  4. #7fc8f1
  5. #c4e6f9

Shades

#3aaaea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3aaaea
  2. #3499d3
  3. #2e88bb
  4. #2977a4
  5. #23668c
  6. #1d5575
  7. #17445e
  8. #113346
  9. #0c222f
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3aaaea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3aaaea
  2. #4eb3ec
  3. #61bbee
  4. #75c4f0
  5. #89ccf2
  6. #9dd5f5
  7. #b0ddf7
  8. #c4e6f9
  9. #d8eefb
  10. #ebf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3aaaea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3aaaea
  2. #41a6df
  3. #48a2d5
  4. #4f9dca
  5. #5699c0
  6. #5d95b5
  7. #6491aa
  8. #6b8da0
  9. #728895
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a5c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8caaed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #749ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74aaec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #62a0e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3aaaea {
  color: #3aaaea;
}
Background
.bg-3aaaea {
  background-color: #3aaaea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3aaaea {
  border: 2px solid #3aaaea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3aaaea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 170 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3aaaea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3aaaea, #3a52ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3aaaea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 170 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.50 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.66 #c55515 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3aaaea  rgb(58, 170, 234)  hsl(202, 81%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7a3a  rgb(234, 122, 58)  hsl(22, 81%, 57%)  Mango Tango
#ea3aaa  rgb(234, 58, 170)  hsl(322, 81%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#aaea3a  rgb(170, 234, 58)  hsl(82, 81%, 57%)  Inchworm