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#3BB7EA

#3bb7ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bb7ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 71.76% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.79% cyan, 21.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 197.49°, with 80.65% saturation and 57.45% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.4074

Complementary

  1. #3bb7ea
  2. #ea6e3b

Split complementary

  1. #3bb7ea
  2. #ea3b5f
  3. #eac63b

Analogous

  1. #3beac6
  2. #3bb7ea
  3. #3b5fea

Triadic

  1. #3bb7ea
  2. #ea3bb7
  3. #b7ea3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bb7ea
  2. #6e3bea
  3. #ea6e3b
  4. #b7ea3b

Square

  1. #3bb7ea
  2. #c63bea
  3. #ea6e3b
  4. #5fea3b

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5e7e
  2. #1591c4
  3. #3bb7ea
  4. #80d0f1
  5. #c5eaf9

Shades

#3bb7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bb7ea
  2. #35a5d3
  3. #2f92bb
  4. #2980a4
  5. #236e8c
  6. #1e5c75
  7. #18495e
  8. #123746
  9. #0c252f
  10. #061217
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bb7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bb7ea
  2. #4fbeec
  3. #62c5ee
  4. #76cdf0
  5. #89d4f2
  6. #9ddbf5
  7. #b1e2f7
  8. #c4e9f9
  9. #d8f1fb
  10. #ebf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bb7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bb7ea
  2. #42b2df
  3. #49acd5
  4. #50a7ca
  5. #57a1c0
  6. #5e9cb5
  7. #6496aa
  8. #6b91a0
  9. #728b95
  10. #79868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cb0c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9db4ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a4e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81b5eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6facea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c0d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bb7ea {
  color: #3bb7ea;
}
Background
.bg-3bb7ea {
  background-color: #3bb7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bb7ea {
  border: 2px solid #3bb7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bb7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 183 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bb7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bb7ea, #3b5fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bb7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 183 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.60 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.82 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.88 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.40 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.67 #c44815 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bb7ea  rgb(59, 183, 234)  hsl(197, 81%, 57%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea6e3b  rgb(234, 110, 59)  hsl(17, 81%, 57%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea3bb7  rgb(234, 59, 183)  hsl(317, 81%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#b7ea3b  rgb(183, 234, 59)  hsl(77, 81%, 57%)  Inchworm