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#3CA9DD

#3ca9dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ca9dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 66.27% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.85% cyan, 23.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 199.38°, with 70.31% saturation and 55.1% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.23.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3456

Complementary

  1. #3ca9dd
  2. #dd703c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca9dd
  2. #dd3c59
  3. #ddc13c

Analogous

  1. #3cddc1
  2. #3ca9dd
  3. #3c59dd

Triadic

  1. #3ca9dd
  2. #dd3ca9
  3. #a9dd3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca9dd
  2. #703cdd
  3. #dd703c
  4. #a9dd3c

Square

  1. #3ca9dd
  2. #c13cdd
  3. #dd703c
  4. #59dd3c

Monochromatic

  1. #13506d
  2. #1e80ae
  3. #3ca9dd
  4. #7dc6e8
  5. #bee2f4

Shades

#3ca9dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca9dd
  2. #3698c7
  3. #3087b1
  4. #2a769b
  5. #246585
  6. #1e556f
  7. #184458
  8. #123342
  9. #0c222c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca9dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca9dd
  2. #50b2e0
  3. #63bae4
  4. #77c3e7
  5. #8acbeb
  6. #9ed4ee
  7. #b1ddf1
  8. #c5e5f5
  9. #d8eef8
  10. #ecf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca9dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca9dd
  2. #43a5d4
  3. #4aa1ca
  4. #509dc1
  5. #5799b8
  6. #5e95af
  7. #6590a5
  8. #6c8c9c
  9. #728893
  10. #798489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa7df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a98dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a8de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #669fdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca9dd {
  color: #3ca9dd;
}
Background
.bg-3ca9dd {
  background-color: #3ca9dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca9dd {
  border: 2px solid #3ca9dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca9dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 169 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 70% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca9dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca9dd, #3c59dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca9dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 169 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.47 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.35 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.16 #c35622 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ca9dd  rgb(60, 169, 221)  hsl(199, 70%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#dd703c  rgb(221, 112, 60)  hsl(19, 70%, 55%)  Burnt Sienna
#dd3ca9  rgb(221, 60, 169)  hsl(319, 70%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#a9dd3c  rgb(169, 221, 60)  hsl(79, 70%, 55%)  Yellow Green