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#3CABFE

#3cabfe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3cabfe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 67.06% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.38% cyan, 32.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 205.67°, with 98.98% saturation and 61.57% 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 8.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.38.

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Relative luminance0.3724

Complementary

  1. #3cabfe
  2. #fe8f3c

Split complementary

  1. #3cabfe
  2. #fe3c4a
  3. #fef03c

Analogous

  1. #3cfef0
  2. #3cabfe
  3. #3c4afe

Triadic

  1. #3cabfe
  2. #fe3cab
  3. #abfe3c

Tetradic

  1. #3cabfe
  2. #8f3cfe
  3. #fe8f3c
  4. #abfe3c

Square

  1. #3cabfe
  2. #f03cfe
  3. #fe8f3c
  4. #4afe3c

Monochromatic

  1. #015ca0
  2. #0188ec
  3. #3cabfe
  4. #88ccfe
  5. #d4edff

Shades

#3cabfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3cabfe
  2. #369ae5
  3. #3089cb
  4. #2a78b2
  5. #246798
  6. #1e567f
  7. #184466
  8. #12334c
  9. #0c2233
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3cabfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3cabfe
  2. #50b3fe
  3. #63bcfe
  4. #77c4fe
  5. #8acdfe
  6. #9ed5ff
  7. #b1ddff
  8. #c5e6ff
  9. #d8eeff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3cabfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3cabfe
  2. #43a7f1
  3. #4aa2e5
  4. #509ed8
  5. #579acc
  6. #5e96bf
  7. #6591b2
  8. #6c8da6
  9. #728999
  10. #79848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a7ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #699cfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fadff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5aa2fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3cabfe {
  color: #3cabfe;
}
Background
.bg-3cabfe {
  background-color: #3cabfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3cabfe {
  border: 2px solid #3cabfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3cabfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 171 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 99% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3cabfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3cabfe, #3c4afe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3cabfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 171 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.65 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.74 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.87 #c35401 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3cabfe  rgb(60, 171, 254)  hsl(206, 99%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8f3c  rgb(254, 143, 60)  hsl(26, 99%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#fe3cab  rgb(254, 60, 171)  hsl(326, 99%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#abfe3c  rgb(171, 254, 60)  hsl(86, 99%, 62%)  Green Yellow