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#3CA6FF

#3ca6ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3ca6ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 65.1% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.47% cyan, 34.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.38°, 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.15.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3545

Complementary

  1. #3ca6ff
  2. #ff953c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca6ff
  2. #ff3c44
  3. #fff63c

Analogous

  1. #3cfff6
  2. #3ca6ff
  3. #3c44ff

Triadic

  1. #3ca6ff
  2. #ff3ca6
  3. #a6ff3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca6ff
  2. #953cff
  3. #ff953c
  4. #a6ff3c

Square

  1. #3ca6ff
  2. #f63cff
  3. #ff953c
  4. #44ff3c

Monochromatic

  1. #0058a2
  2. #0082ee
  3. #3ca6ff
  4. #88c9ff
  5. #d5ecff

Shades

#3ca6ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca6ff
  2. #3695e6
  3. #3085cc
  4. #2a74b3
  5. #246499
  6. #1e5380
  7. #184266
  8. #12324d
  9. #0c2133
  10. #06111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca6ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca6ff
  2. #50afff
  3. #63b8ff
  4. #77c1ff
  5. #8acaff
  6. #9ed3ff
  7. #b1dbff
  8. #c5e4ff
  9. #d8edff
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca6ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca6ff
  2. #43a2f2
  3. #4a9ee6
  4. #509bd9
  5. #5797cc
  6. #5e93c0
  7. #658fb3
  8. #6c8ba6
  9. #728899
  10. #79848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a3cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7daaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6099fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #549efe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca6ff {
  color: #3ca6ff;
}
Background
.bg-3ca6ff {
  background-color: #3ca6ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca6ff {
  border: 2px solid #3ca6ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca6ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 166 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca6ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca6ff, #3c44ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca6ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 166 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.95 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.41 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.43 #c35900 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ca6ff  rgb(60, 166, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ff953c  rgb(255, 149, 60)  hsl(27, 100%, 62%)  Dark Orange
#ff3ca6  rgb(255, 60, 166)  hsl(327, 100%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a6ff3c  rgb(166, 255, 60)  hsl(87, 100%, 62%)  Green Yellow