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#3BBBEE

#3bbbee ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bbbee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 73.33% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.21% cyan, 21.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 197.09°, with 84.04% saturation and 58.24% 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 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 2.62.

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Relative luminance0.4264

Complementary

  1. #3bbbee
  2. #ee6e3b

Split complementary

  1. #3bbbee
  2. #ee3b62
  3. #eec73b

Analogous

  1. #3beec7
  2. #3bbbee
  3. #3b62ee

Triadic

  1. #3bbbee
  2. #ee3bbb
  3. #bbee3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bbbee
  2. #6e3bee
  3. #ee6e3b
  4. #bbee3b

Square

  1. #3bbbee
  2. #c73bee
  3. #ee6e3b
  4. #62ee3b

Monochromatic

  1. #0b6285
  2. #1296cb
  3. #3bbbee
  4. #81d3f4
  5. #c8ecfa

Shades

#3bbbee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bbbee
  2. #35a8d6
  3. #2f96be
  4. #2983a7
  5. #23708f
  6. #1e5e77
  7. #184b5f
  8. #123847
  9. #0c2530
  10. #061318
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bbbee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bbbee
  2. #4fc2f0
  3. #62c9f1
  4. #76cff3
  5. #89d6f5
  6. #9dddf7
  7. #b1e4f8
  8. #c4ebfa
  9. #d8f1fc
  10. #ebf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bbbee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bbbee
  2. #42b5e3
  3. #49afd8
  4. #50a9cd
  5. #57a3c2
  6. #5e9eb7
  7. #6498ac
  8. #6b92a1
  9. #728c96
  10. #79868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb4cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1b8f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a7ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84b9ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72afee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c4da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bbbee {
  color: #3bbbee;
}
Background
.bg-3bbbee {
  background-color: #3bbbee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bbbee {
  border: 2px solid #3bbbee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bbbee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 187 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 84% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bbbee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bbbee, #3b62ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bbbee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 187 238 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 2.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.37 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.64 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.95 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.43 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.83 #c44411 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bbbee  rgb(59, 187, 238)  hsl(197, 84%, 58%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ee6e3b  rgb(238, 110, 59)  hsl(17, 84%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#ee3bbb  rgb(238, 59, 187)  hsl(317, 84%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#bbee3b  rgb(187, 238, 59)  hsl(77, 84%, 58%)  Inchworm