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#3AB4EA

#3ab4ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ab4ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 70.59% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.21% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.41°, 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 8.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.3948

Complementary

  1. #3ab4ea
  2. #ea703a

Split complementary

  1. #3ab4ea
  2. #ea3a5c
  3. #eac83a

Analogous

  1. #3aeac8
  2. #3ab4ea
  3. #3a5cea

Triadic

  1. #3ab4ea
  2. #ea3ab4
  3. #b4ea3a

Tetradic

  1. #3ab4ea
  2. #703aea
  3. #ea703a
  4. #b4ea3a

Square

  1. #3ab4ea
  2. #c83aea
  3. #ea703a
  4. #5cea3a

Monochromatic

  1. #0d5b7e
  2. #158dc3
  3. #3ab4ea
  4. #7fcef1
  5. #c4e9f9

Shades

#3ab4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ab4ea
  2. #34a2d3
  3. #2e90bb
  4. #297ea4
  5. #236c8c
  6. #1d5a75
  7. #17485e
  8. #113646
  9. #0c242f
  10. #061217
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ab4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ab4ea
  2. #4ebcec
  3. #61c3ee
  4. #75cbf0
  5. #89d2f2
  6. #9ddaf5
  7. #b0e1f7
  8. #c4e9f9
  9. #d8f0fb
  10. #ebf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ab4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ab4ea
  2. #41afdf
  3. #48aad5
  4. #4fa4ca
  5. #569fc0
  6. #5d9ab5
  7. #6495aa
  8. #6b90a0
  9. #728a95
  10. #79858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aadc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b2ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #81a1e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7eb3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca9ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bdd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ab4ea {
  color: #3ab4ea;
}
Background
.bg-3ab4ea {
  background-color: #3ab4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ab4ea {
  border: 2px solid #3ab4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ab4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 180 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ab4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ab4ea, #3a5cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ab4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 180 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.51 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.91 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.75 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.43 #c54b15 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3ab4ea  rgb(58, 180, 234)  hsl(198, 81%, 57%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea703a  rgb(234, 112, 58)  hsl(18, 81%, 57%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea3ab4  rgb(234, 58, 180)  hsl(318, 81%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#b4ea3a  rgb(180, 234, 58)  hsl(78, 81%, 57%)  Inchworm