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#3AC5EA

#3ac5ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ac5ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 77.25% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.21% cyan, 15.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 192.61°, with 80.73% saturation and 57.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.49.

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Relative luminance0.4677

Complementary

  1. #3ac5ea
  2. #ea5f3a

Split complementary

  1. #3ac5ea
  2. #ea3a6d
  3. #eab73a

Analogous

  1. #3aeab7
  2. #3ac5ea
  3. #3a6dea

Triadic

  1. #3ac5ea
  2. #ea3ac5
  3. #c5ea3a

Tetradic

  1. #3ac5ea
  2. #5f3aea
  3. #ea5f3a
  4. #c5ea3a

Square

  1. #3ac5ea
  2. #b73aea
  3. #ea5f3a
  4. #6dea3a

Monochromatic

  1. #0d667e
  2. #159ec3
  3. #3ac5ea
  4. #7fd9f1
  5. #c4eef9

Shades

#3ac5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ac5ea
  2. #34b1d3
  3. #2e9ebb
  4. #298aa4
  5. #23768c
  6. #1d6375
  7. #174f5e
  8. #113b46
  9. #0c272f
  10. #061417
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ac5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ac5ea
  2. #4ecbec
  3. #61d1ee
  4. #75d6f0
  5. #89dcf2
  6. #9de2f5
  7. #b0e8f7
  8. #c4eef9
  9. #d8f3fb
  10. #ebf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ac5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ac5ea
  2. #41bedf
  3. #48b7d5
  4. #4fb0ca
  5. #56a9c0
  6. #5da3b5
  7. #649caa
  8. #6b95a0
  9. #728e95
  10. #79878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94bccd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aec0ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97afea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d1d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ec2eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7cb8ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ac5ea {
  color: #3ac5ea;
}
Background
.bg-3ac5ea {
  background-color: #3ac5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ac5ea {
  border: 2px solid #3ac5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ac5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 197 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ac5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ac5ea, #3a6dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ac5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 197 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.49 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.89 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.06 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.61 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.71 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.00 #c53a15 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#3ac5ea  rgb(58, 197, 234)  hsl(193, 81%, 57%)  Sky Blue
#ea5f3a  rgb(234, 95, 58)  hsl(13, 81%, 57%)  Flame
#ea3ac5  rgb(234, 58, 197)  hsl(313, 81%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#c5ea3a  rgb(197, 234, 58)  hsl(73, 81%, 57%)  Pear