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#3BB4FB

#3bb4fb ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3bb4fb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 70.59% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.49% cyan, 28.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 202.19°, with 96% saturation and 60.78% 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 9.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.8.

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Relative luminance0.4054

Complementary

  1. #3bb4fb
  2. #fb823b

Split complementary

  1. #3bb4fb
  2. #fb3b54
  3. #fbe23b

Analogous

  1. #3bfbe2
  2. #3bb4fb
  3. #3b54fb

Triadic

  1. #3bb4fb
  2. #fb3bb4
  3. #b4fb3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bb4fb
  2. #823bfb
  3. #fb823b
  4. #b4fb3b

Square

  1. #3bb4fb
  2. #e23bfb
  3. #fb823b
  4. #54fb3b

Monochromatic

  1. #03629a
  2. #0592e5
  3. #3bb4fb
  4. #86d1fd
  5. #d1edfe

Shades

#3bb4fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bb4fb
  2. #35a2e2
  3. #2f90c9
  4. #297eb0
  5. #236c97
  6. #1e5a7e
  7. #184864
  8. #12364b
  9. #0c2432
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bb4fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bb4fb
  2. #4fbcfb
  3. #62c3fc
  4. #76cbfc
  5. #89d2fd
  6. #9ddafd
  7. #b1e1fd
  8. #c4e9fe
  9. #d8f0fe
  10. #ebf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bb4fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bb4fb
  2. #42afef
  3. #49aae2
  4. #50a4d6
  5. #579fca
  6. #5e9abe
  7. #6495b1
  8. #6b90a5
  9. #728a99
  10. #79858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8caed0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92b5fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #78a3fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79b4fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65aafa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bfe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bb4fb {
  color: #3bb4fb;
}
Background
.bg-3bb4fb {
  background-color: #3bb4fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bb4fb {
  border: 2px solid #3bb4fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bb4fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 180 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 96% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bb4fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bb4fb, #3b54fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bb4fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 180 251 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.31 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.79 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.09 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.69 #c44b04 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bb4fb  rgb(59, 180, 251)  hsl(202, 96%, 61%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fb823b  rgb(251, 130, 59)  hsl(22, 96%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#fb3bb4  rgb(251, 59, 180)  hsl(322, 96%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#b4fb3b  rgb(180, 251, 59)  hsl(82, 96%, 61%)  Green Yellow