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#3BC9FE

#3bc9fe ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3bc9fe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 78.82% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.77% cyan, 20.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 196.31°, with 98.98% saturation and 61.37% 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 10.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.54.

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Relative luminance0.4986

Complementary

  1. #3bc9fe
  2. #fe703b

Split complementary

  1. #3bc9fe
  2. #fe3b67
  3. #fed23b

Analogous

  1. #3bfed2
  2. #3bc9fe
  3. #3b67fe

Triadic

  1. #3bc9fe
  2. #fe3bc9
  3. #c9fe3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bc9fe
  2. #703bfe
  3. #fe703b
  4. #c9fe3b

Square

  1. #3bc9fe
  2. #d23bfe
  3. #fe703b
  4. #67fe3b

Monochromatic

  1. #01749f
  2. #01aceb
  3. #3bc9fe
  4. #87defe
  5. #d3f3ff

Shades

#3bc9fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bc9fe
  2. #35b5e5
  3. #2fa1cb
  4. #298db2
  5. #237998
  6. #1e657f
  7. #185066
  8. #123c4c
  9. #0c2833
  10. #061419
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bc9fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bc9fe
  2. #4fcefe
  3. #62d4fe
  4. #76d9fe
  5. #89dffe
  6. #9de4ff
  7. #b1e9ff
  8. #c4efff
  9. #d8f4ff
  10. #ebfaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bc9fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bc9fe
  2. #42c2f1
  3. #49bae5
  4. #50b3d8
  5. #57accc
  6. #5ea5bf
  7. #649db2
  8. #6b96a6
  9. #728f99
  10. #79878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99c1d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adc6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93b3fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d8db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ec7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7abcfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d2ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bc9fe {
  color: #3bc9fe;
}
Background
.bg-3bc9fe {
  background-color: #3bc9fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bc9fe {
  border: 2px solid #3bc9fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bc9fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 201 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 99% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bc9fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bc9fe, #3b67fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bc9fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 201 254 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.54 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.55 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.76 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.94 #c43601 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3bc9fe  rgb(59, 201, 254)  hsl(196, 99%, 61%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fe703b  rgb(254, 112, 59)  hsl(16, 99%, 61%)  Coral
#fe3bc9  rgb(254, 59, 201)  hsl(316, 99%, 61%)  Shocking Pink
#c9fe3b  rgb(201, 254, 59)  hsl(76, 99%, 61%)  Electric Lime