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#3CAAE8

#3caae8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3caae8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 66.67% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.14% cyan, 26.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 201.63°, with 78.9% saturation and 57.25% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.94.

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Relative luminance0.3554

Complementary

  1. #3caae8
  2. #e87a3c

Split complementary

  1. #3caae8
  2. #e83c54
  3. #e8d03c

Analogous

  1. #3ce8d0
  2. #3caae8
  3. #3c54e8

Triadic

  1. #3caae8
  2. #e83caa
  3. #aae83c

Tetradic

  1. #3caae8
  2. #7a3ce8
  3. #e87a3c
  4. #aae83c

Square

  1. #3caae8
  2. #d03ce8
  3. #e87a3c
  4. #54e83c

Monochromatic

  1. #0f557c
  2. #1783c1
  3. #3caae8
  4. #80c8f0
  5. #c5e6f8

Shades

#3caae8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3caae8
  2. #3699d1
  3. #3088ba
  4. #2a77a2
  5. #24668b
  6. #1e5574
  7. #18445d
  8. #123346
  9. #0c222e
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3caae8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3caae8
  2. #50b3ea
  3. #63bbed
  4. #77c4ef
  5. #8accf1
  6. #9ed5f4
  7. #b1ddf6
  8. #c5e6f8
  9. #d8eefa
  10. #ecf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3caae8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3caae8
  2. #43a6de
  3. #4aa2d3
  4. #509dc9
  5. #5799be
  6. #5e95b4
  7. #6591aa
  8. #6c8d9f
  9. #728895
  10. #79848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a5c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8daaeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75aaea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a0e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3caae8 {
  color: #3caae8;
}
Background
.bg-3caae8 {
  background-color: #3caae8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3caae8 {
  border: 2px solid #3caae8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3caae8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 170 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 79% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3caae8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3caae8, #3c54e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3caae8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 170 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.51 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.52 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.77 #c35517 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3caae8  rgb(60, 170, 232)  hsl(202, 79%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#e87a3c  rgb(232, 122, 60)  hsl(22, 79%, 57%)  Mango Tango
#e83caa  rgb(232, 60, 170)  hsl(322, 79%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#aae83c  rgb(170, 232, 60)  hsl(82, 79%, 57%)  Inchworm