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#3BB4E5

#3bb4e5 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bb4e5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 70.59% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.24% cyan, 21.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 197.29°, with 76.58% saturation and 56.47% 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 8.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.96.

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Relative luminance0.3923

Complementary

  1. #3bb4e5
  2. #e56c3b

Split complementary

  1. #3bb4e5
  2. #e53b5f
  3. #e5c13b

Analogous

  1. #3be5c1
  2. #3bb4e5
  3. #3b5fe5

Triadic

  1. #3bb4e5
  2. #e53bb4
  3. #b4e53b

Tetradic

  1. #3bb4e5
  2. #6c3be5
  3. #e56c3b
  4. #b4e53b

Square

  1. #3bb4e5
  2. #c13be5
  3. #e56c3b
  4. #5fe53b

Monochromatic

  1. #105977
  2. #198cbb
  3. #3bb4e5
  4. #7fceee
  5. #c2e8f7

Shades

#3bb4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bb4e5
  2. #35a2ce
  3. #2f90b7
  4. #297ea0
  5. #236c89
  6. #1e5a73
  7. #18485c
  8. #123645
  9. #0c242e
  10. #061217
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bb4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bb4e5
  2. #4fbce8
  3. #62c3ea
  4. #76cbed
  5. #89d2ef
  6. #9ddaf2
  7. #b1e1f5
  8. #c4e9f7
  9. #d8f0fa
  10. #ebf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bb4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bb4e5
  2. #42afdb
  3. #49aad1
  4. #50a4c7
  5. #579fbd
  6. #5e9ab3
  7. #6495a8
  8. #6b909e
  9. #728a94
  10. #79858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aadc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bb1e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a1e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fb2e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ea9e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bcd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bb4e5 {
  color: #3bb4e5;
}
Background
.bg-3bb4e5 {
  background-color: #3bb4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bb4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #3bb4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bb4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 180 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 77% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bb4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bb4e5, #3b5fe5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bb4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 180 229 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.96 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.04 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.19 #c44b1a Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bb4e5  rgb(59, 180, 229)  hsl(197, 77%, 56%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e56c3b  rgb(229, 108, 59)  hsl(17, 77%, 56%)  Burnt Sienna
#e53bb4  rgb(229, 59, 180)  hsl(317, 77%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#b4e53b  rgb(180, 229, 59)  hsl(77, 77%, 56%)  Inchworm