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#3CA1EA

#3ca1ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ca1ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 63.14% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.36% cyan, 31.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 205.17°, with 80.56% saturation and 57.65% 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 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.15.

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Relative luminance0.3239

Complementary

  1. #3ca1ea
  2. #ea853c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca1ea
  2. #ea3c4a
  3. #eadc3c

Analogous

  1. #3ceadc
  2. #3ca1ea
  3. #3c4aea

Triadic

  1. #3ca1ea
  2. #ea3ca1
  3. #a1ea3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca1ea
  2. #853cea
  3. #ea853c
  4. #a1ea3c

Square

  1. #3ca1ea
  2. #dc3cea
  3. #ea853c
  4. #4aea3c

Monochromatic

  1. #0e507f
  2. #157bc4
  3. #3ca1ea
  4. #81c2f1
  5. #c6e4f9

Shades

#3ca1ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca1ea
  2. #3691d3
  3. #3081bb
  4. #2a71a4
  5. #24618c
  6. #1e5175
  7. #18405e
  8. #123046
  9. #0c202f
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca1ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca1ea
  2. #50aaec
  3. #63b4ee
  4. #77bdf0
  5. #8ac7f2
  6. #9ed0f5
  7. #b1d9f7
  8. #c5e3f9
  9. #d8ecfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca1ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca1ea
  2. #439edf
  3. #4a9ad5
  4. #5097ca
  5. #5794c0
  6. #5e91b5
  7. #658daa
  8. #6c8aa0
  9. #728795
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6793e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5999e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00accf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca1ea {
  color: #3ca1ea;
}
Background
.bg-3ca1ea {
  background-color: #3ca1ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca1ea {
  border: 2px solid #3ca1ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca1ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 161 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 81% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca1ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca1ea, #3c4aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca1ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 161 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.52 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.19 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.60 #c35e15 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ca1ea  rgb(60, 161, 234)  hsl(205, 81%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea853c  rgb(234, 133, 60)  hsl(25, 81%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3ca1  rgb(234, 60, 161)  hsl(325, 81%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a1ea3c  rgb(161, 234, 60)  hsl(85, 81%, 58%)  Inchworm