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#3CA5FF

#3ca5ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3ca5ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 64.71% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.47% cyan, 35.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.69°, with 100% saturation and 61.76% 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 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.14.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3509

Complementary

  1. #3ca5ff
  2. #ff963c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca5ff
  2. #ff3c43
  3. #fff73c

Analogous

  1. #3cfff7
  2. #3ca5ff
  3. #3c43ff

Triadic

  1. #3ca5ff
  2. #ff3ca5
  3. #a5ff3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca5ff
  2. #963cff
  3. #ff963c
  4. #a5ff3c

Square

  1. #3ca5ff
  2. #f73cff
  3. #ff963c
  4. #43ff3c

Monochromatic

  1. #0057a2
  2. #0080ee
  3. #3ca5ff
  4. #88c8ff
  5. #d5ecff

Shades

#3ca5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca5ff
  2. #3695e6
  3. #3084cc
  4. #2a74b3
  5. #246399
  6. #1e5380
  7. #184266
  8. #12324d
  9. #0c2133
  10. #06111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca5ff
  2. #50aeff
  3. #63b7ff
  4. #77c0ff
  5. #8ac9ff
  6. #9ed2ff
  7. #b1dbff
  8. #c5e4ff
  9. #d8edff
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca5ff
  2. #43a1f2
  3. #4a9ee6
  4. #509ad9
  5. #5796cc
  6. #5e93c0
  7. #658fb3
  8. #6c8ba6
  9. #728799
  10. #79848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a2cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7baaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e98fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539dfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca5ff {
  color: #3ca5ff;
}
Background
.bg-3ca5ff {
  background-color: #3ca5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca5ff {
  border: 2px solid #3ca5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 165 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 100% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca5ff, #3c43ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 165 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.93 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.58 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.98 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.68 #c35a00 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ca5ff  rgb(60, 165, 255)  hsl(208, 100%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ff963c  rgb(255, 150, 60)  hsl(28, 100%, 62%)  Dark Orange
#ff3ca5  rgb(255, 60, 165)  hsl(328, 100%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a5ff3c  rgb(165, 255, 60)  hsl(88, 100%, 62%)  Green Yellow