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#3CAFDB

#3cafdb ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3cafdb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 68.63% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.6% cyan, 20.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 196.6°, with 68.83% saturation and 54.71% 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.74.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3674

Complementary

  1. #3cafdb
  2. #db683c

Split complementary

  1. #3cafdb
  2. #db3c60
  3. #dbb73c

Analogous

  1. #3cdbb7
  2. #3cafdb
  3. #3c60db

Triadic

  1. #3cafdb
  2. #db3caf
  3. #afdb3c

Tetradic

  1. #3cafdb
  2. #683cdb
  3. #db683c
  4. #afdb3c

Square

  1. #3cafdb
  2. #b73cdb
  3. #db683c
  4. #60db3c

Monochromatic

  1. #14526a
  2. #2084ab
  3. #3cafdb
  4. #7dcae7
  5. #bde4f3

Shades

#3cafdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3cafdb
  2. #369ec5
  3. #308caf
  4. #2a7b99
  5. #246983
  6. #1e586e
  7. #184658
  8. #123542
  9. #0c232c
  10. #061216
  11. #000000

Tints

#3cafdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3cafdb
  2. #50b7df
  3. #63bfe2
  4. #77c7e6
  5. #8acfe9
  6. #9ed7ed
  7. #b1dff1
  8. #c5e7f4
  9. #d8eff8
  10. #ecf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3cafdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3cafdb
  2. #43aad2
  3. #4aa6c9
  4. #50a1c0
  5. #579cb7
  6. #5e98ae
  7. #6593a4
  8. #6c8e9b
  9. #728992
  10. #798589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a8bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98acdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #829cda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7daddc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6da4db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3cafdb {
  color: #3cafdb;
}
Background
.bg-3cafdb {
  background-color: #3cafdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3cafdb {
  border: 2px solid #3cafdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3cafdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 175 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3cafdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3cafdb, #3c60db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3cafdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 175 219 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.74 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.34 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.82 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.63 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.21 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.06 #c35024 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3cafdb  rgb(60, 175, 219)  hsl(197, 69%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#db683c  rgb(219, 104, 60)  hsl(17, 69%, 55%)  Flame
#db3caf  rgb(219, 60, 175)  hsl(317, 69%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#afdb3c  rgb(175, 219, 60)  hsl(77, 69%, 55%)  June Bud