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#3BBAFF

#3bbaff ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3bbaff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 72.94% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.86% cyan, 27.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 201.12°, with 100% saturation and 61.57% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.3.

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Relative luminance0.4327

Complementary

  1. #3bbaff
  2. #ff803b

Split complementary

  1. #3bbaff
  2. #ff3b58
  3. #ffe23b

Analogous

  1. #3bffe2
  2. #3bbaff
  3. #3b58ff

Triadic

  1. #3bbaff
  2. #ff3bba
  3. #baff3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bbaff
  2. #803bff
  3. #ff803b
  4. #baff3b

Square

  1. #3bbaff
  2. #e23bff
  3. #ff803b
  4. #58ff3b

Monochromatic

  1. #0068a1
  2. #009aee
  3. #3bbaff
  4. #88d5ff
  5. #d4f0ff

Shades

#3bbaff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bbaff
  2. #35a7e6
  3. #2f95cc
  4. #2982b3
  5. #237099
  6. #1e5d80
  7. #184a66
  8. #12384d
  9. #0c2533
  10. #06131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bbaff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bbaff
  2. #4fc1ff
  3. #62c8ff
  4. #76cfff
  5. #89d6ff
  6. #9dddff
  7. #b1e3ff
  8. #c4eaff
  9. #d8f1ff
  10. #ebf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bbaff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bbaff
  2. #42b4f2
  3. #49aee6
  4. #50a9d9
  5. #57a3cc
  6. #5e9dc0
  7. #6497b3
  8. #6b91a6
  9. #728c99
  10. #79868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90b4d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99baff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa8fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ebaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aaffe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c5e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bbaff {
  color: #3bbaff;
}
Background
.bg-3bbaff {
  background-color: #3bbaff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bbaff {
  border: 2px solid #3bbaff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bbaff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 186 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bbaff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bbaff, #3b58ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bbaff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 186 255 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.47 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.63 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.44 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.50 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.31 #c44500 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bbaff  rgb(59, 186, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 62%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ff803b  rgb(255, 128, 59)  hsl(21, 100%, 62%)  Mango Tango
#ff3bba  rgb(255, 59, 186)  hsl(321, 100%, 62%)  Shocking Pink
#baff3b  rgb(186, 255, 59)  hsl(81, 100%, 62%)  Green Yellow