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#3CA2DB

#3ca2db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ca2db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 63.53% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.6% cyan, 26.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 201.51°, with 68.83% saturation and 54.71% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.46.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3192

Complementary

  1. #3ca2db
  2. #db753c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca2db
  2. #db3c53
  3. #dbc53c

Analogous

  1. #3cdbc5
  2. #3ca2db
  3. #3c53db

Triadic

  1. #3ca2db
  2. #db3ca2
  3. #a2db3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca2db
  2. #753cdb
  3. #db753c
  4. #a2db3c

Square

  1. #3ca2db
  2. #c53cdb
  3. #db753c
  4. #53db3c

Monochromatic

  1. #144b6a
  2. #2079ab
  3. #3ca2db
  4. #7dc1e7
  5. #bde0f3

Shades

#3ca2db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca2db
  2. #3692c5
  3. #3082af
  4. #2a7199
  5. #246183
  6. #1e516e
  7. #184158
  8. #123142
  9. #0c202c
  10. #061016
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca2db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca2db
  2. #50abdf
  3. #63b5e2
  4. #77bee6
  5. #8ac7e9
  6. #9ed1ed
  7. #b1daf1
  8. #c5e3f4
  9. #d8ecf8
  10. #ecf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca2db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca2db
  2. #439fd2
  3. #4a9bc9
  4. #5098c0
  5. #5794b7
  6. #5e91ae
  7. #658ea4
  8. #6c8a9b
  9. #728792
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a2de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7192da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a2dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6099da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca2db {
  color: #3ca2db;
}
Background
.bg-3ca2db {
  background-color: #3ca2db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca2db {
  border: 2px solid #3ca2db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca2db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 162 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca2db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca2db, #3c53db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca2db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 162 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.19 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.02 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.08 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.52 #c35d24 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ca2db  rgb(60, 162, 219)  hsl(202, 69%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#db753c  rgb(219, 117, 60)  hsl(22, 69%, 55%)  Chocolate
#db3ca2  rgb(219, 60, 162)  hsl(322, 69%, 55%)  Mulberry
#a2db3c  rgb(162, 219, 60)  hsl(82, 69%, 55%)  Yellow Green