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#3BBAE5

#3bbae5 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bbae5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 72.94% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.24% cyan, 18.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 195.18°, 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 9.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.69.

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Relative luminance0.417

Complementary

  1. #3bbae5
  2. #e5663b

Split complementary

  1. #3bbae5
  2. #e53b65
  3. #e5bb3b

Analogous

  1. #3be5bb
  2. #3bbae5
  3. #3b65e5

Triadic

  1. #3bbae5
  2. #e53bba
  3. #bae53b

Tetradic

  1. #3bbae5
  2. #663be5
  3. #e5663b
  4. #bae53b

Square

  1. #3bbae5
  2. #bb3be5
  3. #e5663b
  4. #65e53b

Monochromatic

  1. #105d77
  2. #1992bb
  3. #3bbae5
  4. #7fd2ee
  5. #c2eaf7

Shades

#3bbae5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bbae5
  2. #35a7ce
  3. #2f95b7
  4. #2982a0
  5. #237089
  6. #1e5d73
  7. #184a5c
  8. #123845
  9. #0c252e
  10. #061317
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bbae5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bbae5
  2. #4fc1e8
  3. #62c8ea
  4. #76cfed
  5. #89d6ef
  6. #9dddf2
  7. #b1e3f5
  8. #c4eaf7
  9. #d8f1fa
  10. #ebf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bbae5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bbae5
  2. #42b4db
  3. #49aed1
  4. #50a9c7
  5. #57a3bd
  6. #5e9db3
  7. #6497a8
  8. #6b919e
  9. #728c94
  10. #79868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8db2c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b6e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ba6e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c7c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85b8e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74aee5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c2d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bbae5 {
  color: #3bbae5;
}
Background
.bg-3bbae5 {
  background-color: #3bbae5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bbae5 {
  border: 2px solid #3bbae5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bbae5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 186 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 77% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bbae5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bbae5, #3b65e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bbae5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 186 229 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.69 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.68 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.83 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.99 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.52 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.47 #c4451a Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bbae5  rgb(59, 186, 229)  hsl(195, 77%, 56%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e5663b  rgb(229, 102, 59)  hsl(15, 77%, 56%)  Flame
#e53bba  rgb(229, 59, 186)  hsl(315, 77%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#bae53b  rgb(186, 229, 59)  hsl(75, 77%, 56%)  June Bud