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#3CA2F7

#3ca2f7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ca2f7 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 96.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.71% cyan, 34.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.14% black. Its hue angle is 207.27°, with 92.12% saturation and 60.2% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.42.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3352

Complementary

  1. #3ca2f7
  2. #f7913c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca2f7
  2. #f73c45
  3. #f7ee3c

Analogous

  1. #3cf7ee
  2. #3ca2f7
  3. #3c45f7

Triadic

  1. #3ca2f7
  2. #f73ca2
  3. #a2f73c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca2f7
  2. #913cf7
  3. #f7913c
  4. #a2f73c

Square

  1. #3ca2f7
  2. #ee3cf7
  3. #f7913c
  4. #45f73c

Monochromatic

  1. #065394
  2. #097ddd
  3. #3ca2f7
  4. #86c5fa
  5. #cfe8fd

Shades

#3ca2f7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca2f7
  2. #3692de
  3. #3082c6
  4. #2a71ad
  5. #246194
  6. #1e517c
  7. #184163
  8. #12314a
  9. #0c2031
  10. #061019
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca2f7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca2f7
  2. #50abf8
  3. #63b5f9
  4. #77bef9
  5. #8ac7fa
  6. #9ed1fb
  7. #b1dafc
  8. #c5e3fd
  9. #d8ecfd
  10. #ecf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca2f7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca2f7
  2. #439feb
  3. #4a9bdf
  4. #5098d3
  5. #5794c7
  6. #5e91bc
  7. #658eb0
  8. #6c8aa4
  9. #728798
  10. #79838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819fc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba6fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f95f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a4f9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539af6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca2f7 {
  color: #3ca2f7;
}
Background
.bg-3ca2f7 {
  background-color: #3ca2f7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca2f7 {
  border: 2px solid #3ca2f7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca2f7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 162 247;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 92% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca2f7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca2f7, #3c45f7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca2f7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 162 247 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.75 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.09 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.23 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.75 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.39 #c35d08 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ca2f7  rgb(60, 162, 247)  hsl(207, 92%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#f7913c  rgb(247, 145, 60)  hsl(27, 92%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#f73ca2  rgb(247, 60, 162)  hsl(327, 92%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a2f73c  rgb(162, 247, 60)  hsl(87, 92%, 60%)  Green Yellow