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#3AAAEF

#3aaaef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3aaaef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.73% cyan, 28.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 202.87°, with 84.98% saturation and 58.24% 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.2.

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Relative luminance0.3588

Complementary

  1. #3aaaef
  2. #ef7f3a

Split complementary

  1. #3aaaef
  2. #ef3a50
  3. #efd93a

Analogous

  1. #3aefd9
  2. #3aaaef
  3. #3a50ef

Triadic

  1. #3aaaef
  2. #ef3aaa
  3. #aaef3a

Tetradic

  1. #3aaaef
  2. #7f3aef
  3. #ef7f3a
  4. #aaef3a

Square

  1. #3aaaef
  2. #d93aef
  3. #ef7f3a
  4. #50ef3a

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5785
  2. #1185cc
  3. #3aaaef
  4. #81c9f5
  5. #c8e7fa

Shades

#3aaaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3aaaef
  2. #3499d7
  3. #2e88bf
  4. #2977a7
  5. #23668f
  6. #1d5578
  7. #174460
  8. #113348
  9. #0c2230
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#3aaaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3aaaef
  2. #4eb3f1
  3. #61bbf2
  4. #75c4f4
  5. #89ccf5
  6. #9dd5f7
  7. #b0ddf9
  8. #c4e6fa
  9. #d8eefc
  10. #ebf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3aaaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3aaaef
  2. #41a6e4
  3. #48a2d9
  4. #4f9dce
  5. #5699c3
  6. #5d95b8
  7. #6491ac
  8. #6b8da1
  9. #728896
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719aee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72abf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a1ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3aaaef {
  color: #3aaaef;
}
Background
.bg-3aaaef {
  background-color: #3aaaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3aaaef {
  border: 2px solid #3aaaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3aaaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 170 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 85% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3aaaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3aaaef, #3a50ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3aaaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 170 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.92 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.46 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.52 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.24 #c55510 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3aaaef  rgb(58, 170, 239)  hsl(203, 85%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ef7f3a  rgb(239, 127, 58)  hsl(23, 85%, 58%)  Mango Tango
#ef3aaa  rgb(239, 58, 170)  hsl(323, 85%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#aaef3a  rgb(170, 239, 58)  hsl(83, 85%, 58%)  Inchworm