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#3BB9FD

#3bb9fd ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3bb9fd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 72.55% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.68% cyan, 26.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 201.03°, with 97.98% saturation and 61.18% 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 9.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.29.

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Relative luminance0.4272

Complementary

  1. #3bb9fd
  2. #fd7f3b

Split complementary

  1. #3bb9fd
  2. #fd3b58
  3. #fde03b

Analogous

  1. #3bfde0
  2. #3bb9fd
  3. #3b58fd

Triadic

  1. #3bb9fd
  2. #fd3bb9
  3. #b9fd3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bb9fd
  2. #7f3bfd
  3. #fd7f3b
  4. #b9fd3b

Square

  1. #3bb9fd
  2. #e03bfd
  3. #fd7f3b
  4. #58fd3b

Monochromatic

  1. #02679d
  2. #0298e9
  3. #3bb9fd
  4. #87d4fe
  5. #d2efff

Shades

#3bb9fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bb9fd
  2. #35a7e4
  3. #2f94ca
  4. #2982b1
  5. #236f98
  6. #1e5d7f
  7. #184a65
  8. #12384c
  9. #0c2533
  10. #061319
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bb9fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bb9fd
  2. #4fc0fd
  3. #62c7fd
  4. #76cefe
  5. #89d5fe
  6. #9ddcfe
  7. #b1e3fe
  8. #c4eafe
  9. #d8f1ff
  10. #ebf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bb9fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bb9fd
  2. #42b3f1
  3. #49aee4
  4. #50a8d8
  5. #57a2cb
  6. #5e9dbf
  7. #6497b2
  8. #6b91a6
  9. #728b99
  10. #79868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb3d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ea7fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cad0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7eb9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aaefc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c4e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bb9fd {
  color: #3bb9fd;
}
Background
.bg-3bb9fd {
  background-color: #3bb9fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bb9fd {
  border: 2px solid #3bb9fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bb9fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 185 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 98% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bb9fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bb9fd, #3b58fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bb9fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 185 253 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.61 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.77 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.24 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.18 #c44602 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bb9fd  rgb(59, 185, 253)  hsl(201, 98%, 61%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fd7f3b  rgb(253, 127, 59)  hsl(21, 98%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#fd3bb9  rgb(253, 59, 185)  hsl(321, 98%, 61%)  Shocking Pink
#b9fd3b  rgb(185, 253, 59)  hsl(81, 98%, 61%)  Green Yellow