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#3C9FF4

#3c9ff4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3c9ff4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 62.35% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.41% cyan, 34.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 207.72°, with 89.32% saturation and 59.61% 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 7.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.35.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3229

Complementary

  1. #3c9ff4
  2. #f4913c

Split complementary

  1. #3c9ff4
  2. #f43c43
  3. #f4ed3c

Analogous

  1. #3cf4ed
  2. #3c9ff4
  3. #3c43f4

Triadic

  1. #3c9ff4
  2. #f43c9f
  3. #9ff43c

Tetradic

  1. #3c9ff4
  2. #913cf4
  3. #f4913c
  4. #9ff43c

Square

  1. #3c9ff4
  2. #ed3cf4
  3. #f4913c
  4. #43f43c

Monochromatic

  1. #08518f
  2. #0c79d7
  3. #3c9ff4
  4. #84c3f8
  5. #cde6fc

Shades

#3c9ff4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3c9ff4
  2. #368fdc
  3. #307fc3
  4. #2a6fab
  5. #245f92
  6. #1e507a
  7. #184062
  8. #123049
  9. #0c2031
  10. #061018
  11. #000000

Tints

#3c9ff4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3c9ff4
  2. #50a9f5
  3. #63b2f6
  4. #77bcf7
  5. #8ac5f8
  6. #9ecffa
  7. #b1d9fb
  8. #c5e2fc
  9. #d8ecfd
  10. #ecf5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3c9ff4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3c9ff4
  2. #439ce8
  3. #4a99dd
  4. #5096d1
  5. #5793c6
  6. #5e90ba
  7. #658cae
  8. #6c89a3
  9. #728697
  10. #79838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9cc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a3f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d92f2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a2f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5298f3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3c9ff4 {
  color: #3c9ff4;
}
Background
.bg-3c9ff4 {
  background-color: #3c9ff4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3c9ff4 {
  border: 2px solid #3c9ff4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3c9ff4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 159 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 89% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3c9ff4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3c9ff4, #3c43f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3c9ff4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 159 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.15 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.45 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.21 #c3600b Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3c9ff4  rgb(60, 159, 244)  hsl(208, 89%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#f4913c  rgb(244, 145, 60)  hsl(28, 89%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#f43c9f  rgb(244, 60, 159)  hsl(328, 89%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#9ff43c  rgb(159, 244, 60)  hsl(88, 89%, 60%)  Green Yellow