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#3BB5DE

#3bb5de ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bb5de is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 70.98% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.42% cyan, 18.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 195.09°, with 71.18% saturation and 55.1% 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 5.57.

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Relative luminance0.3925

Complementary

  1. #3bb5de
  2. #de643b

Split complementary

  1. #3bb5de
  2. #de3b64
  3. #deb53b

Analogous

  1. #3bdeb5
  2. #3bb5de
  3. #3b64de

Triadic

  1. #3bb5de
  2. #de3bb5
  3. #b5de3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bb5de
  2. #643bde
  3. #de643b
  4. #b5de3b

Square

  1. #3bb5de
  2. #b53bde
  3. #de643b
  4. #64de3b

Monochromatic

  1. #12576e
  2. #1d8aaf
  3. #3bb5de
  4. #7ccee9
  5. #bee6f4

Shades

#3bb5de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bb5de
  2. #35a3c8
  3. #2f91b2
  4. #297f9b
  5. #236d85
  6. #1e5b6f
  7. #184859
  8. #123643
  9. #0c242c
  10. #061216
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bb5de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bb5de
  2. #4fbce1
  3. #62c4e5
  4. #76cbe8
  5. #89d3eb
  6. #9ddaef
  7. #b1e1f2
  8. #c4e9f5
  9. #d8f0f8
  10. #ebf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bb5de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bb5de
  2. #42b0d5
  3. #49aacb
  4. #50a5c2
  5. #57a0b8
  6. #5e9baf
  7. #6495a6
  8. #6b909c
  9. #728b93
  10. #798589
  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 #8aadc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb1e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88a1de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82b3df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #71aade ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bcce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bb5de {
  color: #3bb5de;
}
Background
.bg-3bb5de {
  background-color: #3bb5de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bb5de {
  border: 2px solid #3bb5de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bb5de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 181 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 71% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bb5de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bb5de, #3b64de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bb5de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 181 222 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.57 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.84 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.70 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.72 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.18 #c44a21 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bb5de  rgb(59, 181, 222)  hsl(195, 71%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#de643b  rgb(222, 100, 59)  hsl(15, 71%, 55%)  Flame
#de3bb5  rgb(222, 59, 181)  hsl(315, 71%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#b5de3b  rgb(181, 222, 59)  hsl(75, 71%, 55%)  June Bud