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#3B9CE2

#3b9ce2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3b9ce2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 61.18% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.89% cyan, 30.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 205.15°, with 74.22% saturation and 55.88% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.04.

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Relative luminance0.302

Complementary

  1. #3b9ce2
  2. #e2813b

Split complementary

  1. #3b9ce2
  2. #e23b48
  3. #e2d43b

Analogous

  1. #3be2d4
  2. #3b9ce2
  3. #3b48e2

Triadic

  1. #3b9ce2
  2. #e23b9c
  3. #9ce23b

Tetradic

  1. #3b9ce2
  2. #813be2
  3. #e2813b
  4. #9ce23b

Square

  1. #3b9ce2
  2. #d43be2
  3. #e2813b
  4. #48e23b

Monochromatic

  1. #114a73
  2. #1b75b6
  3. #3b9ce2
  4. #7ebeec
  5. #c0dff6

Shades

#3b9ce2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3b9ce2
  2. #358ccb
  3. #2f7db5
  4. #296d9e
  5. #235e88
  6. #1e4e71
  7. #183e5a
  8. #122f44
  9. #0c1f2d
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3b9ce2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3b9ce2
  2. #4fa6e5
  3. #62b0e8
  4. #76baeb
  5. #89c4ee
  6. #9dcef1
  7. #b1d7f3
  8. #c4e1f6
  9. #d8ebf9
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3b9ce2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3b9ce2
  2. #4299d8
  3. #4996ce
  4. #5094c5
  5. #5791bb
  6. #5e8eb1
  7. #648ba7
  8. #6b889d
  9. #728694
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b98b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9ee5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658ee1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689de4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5794e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3b9ce2 {
  color: #3b9ce2;
}
Background
.bg-3b9ce2 {
  background-color: #3b9ce2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3b9ce2 {
  border: 2px solid #3b9ce2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3b9ce2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 156 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 74% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3b9ce2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3b9ce2, #3b48e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3b9ce2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 156 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.04 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.00 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.03 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.41 #c4631d Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3b9ce2  rgb(59, 156, 226)  hsl(205, 74%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e2813b  rgb(226, 129, 59)  hsl(25, 74%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#e23b9c  rgb(226, 59, 156)  hsl(325, 74%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9ce23b  rgb(156, 226, 59)  hsl(85, 74%, 56%)  Inchworm