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#3CA6FB

#3ca6fb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ca6fb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 65.1% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.1% cyan, 33.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 206.7°, with 95.98% saturation and 60.98% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.78.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.352

Complementary

  1. #3ca6fb
  2. #fb913c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca6fb
  2. #fb3c47
  3. #fbf03c

Analogous

  1. #3cfbf0
  2. #3ca6fb
  3. #3c47fb

Triadic

  1. #3ca6fb
  2. #fb3ca6
  3. #a6fb3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca6fb
  2. #913cfb
  3. #fb913c
  4. #a6fb3c

Square

  1. #3ca6fb
  2. #f03cfb
  3. #fb913c
  4. #47fb3c

Monochromatic

  1. #03579b
  2. #0582e6
  3. #3ca6fb
  4. #87c8fd
  5. #d2eafe

Shades

#3ca6fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca6fb
  2. #3695e2
  3. #3085c9
  4. #2a74b0
  5. #246497
  6. #1e537e
  7. #184264
  8. #12324b
  9. #0c2132
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca6fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca6fb
  2. #50affb
  3. #63b8fc
  4. #77c1fc
  5. #8acafd
  6. #9ed3fd
  7. #b1dbfd
  8. #c5e4fe
  9. #d8edfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca6fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca6fb
  2. #43a2ef
  3. #4a9ee2
  4. #509bd6
  5. #5797ca
  6. #5e93be
  7. #658fb1
  8. #6c8ba5
  9. #728899
  10. #79848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a2cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7faaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6398f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa8fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569efa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca6fb {
  color: #3ca6fb;
}
Background
.bg-3ca6fb {
  background-color: #3ca6fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca6fb {
  border: 2px solid #3ca6fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca6fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 166 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 96% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca6fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca6fb, #3c47fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca6fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 166 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.30 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.66 #c35904 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ca6fb  rgb(60, 166, 251)  hsl(207, 96%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fb913c  rgb(251, 145, 60)  hsl(27, 96%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fb3ca6  rgb(251, 60, 166)  hsl(327, 96%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#a6fb3c  rgb(166, 251, 60)  hsl(87, 96%, 61%)  Green Yellow