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#3BBAEA

#3bbaea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bbaea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.79% cyan, 20.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 196.46°, 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 9.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.4199

Complementary

  1. #3bbaea
  2. #ea6b3b

Split complementary

  1. #3bbaea
  2. #ea3b62
  3. #eac33b

Analogous

  1. #3beac3
  2. #3bbaea
  3. #3b62ea

Triadic

  1. #3bbaea
  2. #ea3bba
  3. #baea3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bbaea
  2. #6b3bea
  3. #ea6b3b
  4. #baea3b

Square

  1. #3bbaea
  2. #c33bea
  3. #ea6b3b
  4. #62ea3b

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5f7e
  2. #1594c4
  3. #3bbaea
  4. #80d2f1
  5. #c5ebf9

Shades

#3bbaea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bbaea
  2. #35a7d3
  3. #2f95bb
  4. #2982a4
  5. #23708c
  6. #1e5d75
  7. #184a5e
  8. #123846
  9. #0c252f
  10. #061317
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bbaea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bbaea
  2. #4fc1ec
  3. #62c8ee
  4. #76cff0
  5. #89d6f2
  6. #9dddf5
  7. #b1e3f7
  8. #c4eaf9
  9. #d8f1fb
  10. #ebf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bbaea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bbaea
  2. #42b4df
  3. #49aed5
  4. #50a9ca
  5. #57a3c0
  6. #5e9db5
  7. #6497aa
  8. #6b91a0
  9. #728c95
  10. #79868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb3c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1b7ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a6e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c8ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84b8eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72aeea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c2d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bbaea {
  color: #3bbaea;
}
Background
.bg-3bbaea {
  background-color: #3bbaea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bbaea {
  border: 2px solid #3bbaea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bbaea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 186 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bbaea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bbaea, #3b62ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bbaea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 186 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.01 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.01 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.02 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.08 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.86 #c44515 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bbaea  rgb(59, 186, 234)  hsl(196, 81%, 57%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea6b3b  rgb(234, 107, 59)  hsl(16, 81%, 57%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea3bba  rgb(234, 59, 186)  hsl(316, 81%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#baea3b  rgb(186, 234, 59)  hsl(76, 81%, 57%)  Inchworm