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#3BBCEA

#3bbcea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bbcea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 73.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.79% cyan, 19.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 195.77°, 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 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.4284

Complementary

  1. #3bbcea
  2. #ea693b

Split complementary

  1. #3bbcea
  2. #ea3b64
  3. #eac03b

Analogous

  1. #3beac0
  2. #3bbcea
  3. #3b64ea

Triadic

  1. #3bbcea
  2. #ea3bbc
  3. #bcea3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bbcea
  2. #693bea
  3. #ea693b
  4. #bcea3b

Square

  1. #3bbcea
  2. #c03bea
  3. #ea693b
  4. #64ea3b

Monochromatic

  1. #0e617e
  2. #1596c4
  3. #3bbcea
  4. #80d4f1
  5. #c5ebf9

Shades

#3bbcea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bbcea
  2. #35a9d3
  3. #2f96bb
  4. #2984a4
  5. #23718c
  6. #1e5e75
  7. #184b5e
  8. #123846
  9. #0c262f
  10. #061317
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bbcea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bbcea
  2. #4fc3ec
  3. #62c9ee
  4. #76d0f0
  5. #89d7f2
  6. #9ddef5
  7. #b1e4f7
  8. #c4ebf9
  9. #d8f2fb
  10. #ebf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bbcea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bbcea
  2. #42b6df
  3. #49b0d5
  4. #50aaca
  5. #57a4c0
  6. #5e9eb5
  7. #6498aa
  8. #6b92a0
  9. #728c95
  10. #79868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb4c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3b8ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca8e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86baeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74b0ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c4d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bbcea {
  color: #3bbcea;
}
Background
.bg-3bbcea {
  background-color: #3bbcea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bbcea {
  border: 2px solid #3bbcea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bbcea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 188 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bbcea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bbcea, #3b64ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bbcea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 188 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.81 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.30 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.62 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.67 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.92 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.18 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.56 #c44315 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bbcea  rgb(59, 188, 234)  hsl(196, 81%, 57%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea693b  rgb(234, 105, 59)  hsl(16, 81%, 57%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea3bbc  rgb(234, 59, 188)  hsl(316, 81%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#bcea3b  rgb(188, 234, 59)  hsl(76, 81%, 57%)  Inchworm