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#3BABDB

#3babdb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3babdb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 67.06% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.06% cyan, 21.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 198°, with 68.97% saturation and 54.51% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.27.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3517

Complementary

  1. #3babdb
  2. #db6b3b

Split complementary

  1. #3babdb
  2. #db3b5b
  3. #dbbb3b

Analogous

  1. #3bdbbb
  2. #3babdb
  3. #3b5bdb

Triadic

  1. #3babdb
  2. #db3bab
  3. #abdb3b

Tetradic

  1. #3babdb
  2. #6b3bdb
  3. #db6b3b
  4. #abdb3b

Square

  1. #3babdb
  2. #bb3bdb
  3. #db6b3b
  4. #5bdb3b

Monochromatic

  1. #13506a
  2. #1f81aa
  3. #3babdb
  4. #7cc7e7
  5. #bce2f3

Shades

#3babdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3babdb
  2. #359ac5
  3. #2f89af
  4. #297899
  5. #236783
  6. #1e566e
  7. #184458
  8. #123342
  9. #0c222c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#3babdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3babdb
  2. #4fb3df
  3. #62bce2
  4. #76c4e6
  5. #89cde9
  6. #9dd5ed
  7. #b1ddf1
  8. #c4e6f4
  9. #d8eef8
  10. #ebf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3babdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3babdb
  2. #42a7d2
  3. #49a2c9
  4. #509ec0
  5. #579ab7
  6. #5e96ae
  7. #6491a4
  8. #6b8d9b
  9. #728992
  10. #798489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a5bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a9dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d99da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79aadc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69a1db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3babdb {
  color: #3babdb;
}
Background
.bg-3babdb {
  background-color: #3babdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3babdb {
  border: 2px solid #3babdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3babdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 171 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3babdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3babdb, #3b5bdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3babdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 171 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.07 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.64 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.88 #c45424 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3babdb  rgb(59, 171, 219)  hsl(198, 69%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#db6b3b  rgb(219, 107, 59)  hsl(18, 69%, 55%)  Flame
#db3bab  rgb(219, 59, 171)  hsl(318, 69%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#abdb3b  rgb(171, 219, 59)  hsl(78, 69%, 55%)  June Bud