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#3BF2FE

#3bf2fe ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3bf2fe is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 94.9% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.77% cyan, 4.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 183.69°, with 98.98% saturation and 61.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 3.9.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.7159

Complementary

  1. #3bf2fe
  2. #fe473b

Split complementary

  1. #3bf2fe
  2. #fe3b91
  3. #fea83b

Analogous

  1. #3bfea8
  2. #3bf2fe
  3. #3b91fe

Triadic

  1. #3bf2fe
  2. #fe3bf2
  3. #f2fe3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bf2fe
  2. #473bfe
  3. #fe473b
  4. #f2fe3b

Square

  1. #3bf2fe
  2. #a83bfe
  3. #fe473b
  4. #91fe3b

Monochromatic

  1. #01959f
  2. #01ddeb
  3. #3bf2fe
  4. #87f7fe
  5. #d3fcff

Shades

#3bf2fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bf2fe
  2. #35dae5
  3. #2fc2cb
  4. #29a9b2
  5. #239198
  6. #1e797f
  7. #186166
  8. #12494c
  9. #0c3033
  10. #061819
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bf2fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bf2fe
  2. #4ff3fe
  3. #62f5fe
  4. #76f6fe
  5. #89f7fe
  6. #9df9ff
  7. #b1faff
  8. #c4fbff
  9. #d8fcff
  10. #ebfeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bf2fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bf2fe
  2. #42e7f1
  3. #49dbe5
  4. #50d0d8
  5. #57c4cc
  6. #5eb9bf
  7. #64aeb2
  8. #6ba2a6
  9. #729799
  10. #798b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2e5ea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfe7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4d4ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fcf5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5ecff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0e0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f8f9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bf2fe {
  color: #3bf2fe;
}
Background
.bg-3bf2fe {
  background-color: #3bf2fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bf2fe {
  border: 2px solid #3bf2fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bf2fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 242 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 99% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bf2fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bf2fe, #3b91fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bf2fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 242 254 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 3.90 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.01 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.01 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.84 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.98 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 9.34 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.37 #c40d01 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#3bf2fe  rgb(59, 242, 254)  hsl(184, 99%, 61%)  Electric Blue
#fe473b  rgb(254, 71, 59)  hsl(4, 99%, 61%)  Tomato
#fe3bf2  rgb(254, 59, 242)  hsl(304, 99%, 61%)  Fuchsia
#f2fe3b  rgb(242, 254, 59)  hsl(64, 99%, 61%)  Daffodil