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#3CA8FC

#3ca8fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3ca8fc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 65.88% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.19% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 206.25°, with 96.97% saturation and 61.18% 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 8.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3599

Complementary

  1. #3ca8fc
  2. #fc903c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca8fc
  2. #fc3c48
  3. #fcf03c

Analogous

  1. #3cfcf0
  2. #3ca8fc
  3. #3c48fc

Triadic

  1. #3ca8fc
  2. #fc3ca8
  3. #a8fc3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca8fc
  2. #903cfc
  3. #fc903c
  4. #a8fc3c

Square

  1. #3ca8fc
  2. #f03cfc
  3. #fc903c
  4. #48fc3c

Monochromatic

  1. #02599d
  2. #0484e8
  3. #3ca8fc
  4. #87cafd
  5. #d3ebfe

Shades

#3ca8fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca8fc
  2. #3697e3
  3. #3086ca
  4. #2a76b0
  5. #246597
  6. #1e547e
  7. #184365
  8. #12324c
  9. #0c2232
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca8fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca8fc
  2. #50b1fc
  3. #63b9fd
  4. #77c2fd
  5. #8acbfd
  6. #9ed4fe
  7. #b1dcfe
  8. #c5e5fe
  9. #d8eefe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca8fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca8fc
  2. #43a4f0
  3. #4aa0e3
  4. #509cd7
  5. #5798ca
  6. #5e94be
  7. #6590b2
  8. #6c8ca5
  9. #728899
  10. #79848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a4cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81abff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #669afa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6caafe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #58a0fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca8fc {
  color: #3ca8fc;
}
Background
.bg-3ca8fc {
  background-color: #3ca8fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca8fc {
  border: 2px solid #3ca8fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca8fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 168 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 97% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca8fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca8fc, #3c48fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca8fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 168 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.93 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.72 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.88 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.95 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.20 #c35703 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ca8fc  rgb(60, 168, 252)  hsl(206, 97%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fc903c  rgb(252, 144, 60)  hsl(26, 97%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fc3ca8  rgb(252, 60, 168)  hsl(326, 97%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a8fc3c  rgb(168, 252, 60)  hsl(86, 97%, 61%)  Green Yellow