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#3B97EA

#3b97ea ≈ Dodger Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3b97ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 59.22% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.79% cyan, 35.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 208.46°, with 80.65% saturation and 57.45% 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dodger Blue (#1e90ff), ΔE 3.04.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.29

Complementary

  1. #3b97ea
  2. #ea8e3b

Split complementary

  1. #3b97ea
  2. #ea3b3f
  3. #eae63b

Analogous

  1. #3beae6
  2. #3b97ea
  3. #3b3fea

Triadic

  1. #3b97ea
  2. #ea3b97
  3. #97ea3b

Tetradic

  1. #3b97ea
  2. #8e3bea
  3. #ea8e3b
  4. #97ea3b

Square

  1. #3b97ea
  2. #e63bea
  3. #ea8e3b
  4. #3fea3b

Monochromatic

  1. #0e497e
  2. #1571c4
  3. #3b97ea
  4. #80bcf1
  5. #c5e0f9

Shades

#3b97ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3b97ea
  2. #3588d3
  3. #2f79bb
  4. #296aa4
  5. #235b8c
  6. #1e4c75
  7. #183c5e
  8. #122d46
  9. #0c1e2f
  10. #060f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#3b97ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3b97ea
  2. #4fa1ec
  3. #62acee
  4. #76b6f0
  5. #89c1f2
  6. #9dcbf5
  7. #b1d5f7
  8. #c4e0f9
  9. #d8eafb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3b97ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3b97ea
  2. #4295df
  3. #4992d5
  4. #5090ca
  5. #578ec0
  6. #5e8cb5
  7. #6489aa
  8. #6b87a0
  9. #728595
  10. #79828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7994bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719bed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #578be8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #609aec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d90e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3b97ea {
  color: #3b97ea;
}
Background
.bg-3b97ea {
  background-color: #3b97ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3b97ea {
  border: 2px solid #3b97ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3b97ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 151 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3b97ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3b97ea, #3b3fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3b97ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 151 234 / 0.35);
}

#1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.04 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.86 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.89 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.75 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.58 #c46815 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Dodger Blue
#3b97ea  rgb(59, 151, 234)  hsl(208, 81%, 57%)  Dodger Blue
#ea8e3b  rgb(234, 142, 59)  hsl(28, 81%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3b97  rgb(234, 59, 151)  hsl(328, 81%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#97ea3b  rgb(151, 234, 59)  hsl(88, 81%, 57%)  Inchworm