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#3CB5EA

#3cb5ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3cb5ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 70.98% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.36% cyan, 22.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.28°, with 80.56% saturation and 57.65% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.24.

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Relative luminance0.3995

Complementary

  1. #3cb5ea
  2. #ea713c

Split complementary

  1. #3cb5ea
  2. #ea3c5e
  3. #eac83c

Analogous

  1. #3ceac8
  2. #3cb5ea
  3. #3c5eea

Triadic

  1. #3cb5ea
  2. #ea3cb5
  3. #b5ea3c

Tetradic

  1. #3cb5ea
  2. #713cea
  3. #ea713c
  4. #b5ea3c

Square

  1. #3cb5ea
  2. #c83cea
  3. #ea713c
  4. #5eea3c

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5d7f
  2. #158fc4
  3. #3cb5ea
  4. #81cff1
  5. #c6e9f9

Shades

#3cb5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3cb5ea
  2. #36a3d3
  3. #3091bb
  4. #2a7fa4
  5. #246d8c
  6. #1e5b75
  7. #18485e
  8. #123646
  9. #0c242f
  10. #061217
  11. #000000

Tints

#3cb5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3cb5ea
  2. #50bcec
  3. #63c4ee
  4. #77cbf0
  5. #8ad3f2
  6. #9edaf5
  7. #b1e1f7
  8. #c5e9f9
  9. #d8f0fb
  10. #ecf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3cb5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3cb5ea
  2. #43b0df
  3. #4aaad5
  4. #50a5ca
  5. #57a0c0
  6. #5e9bb5
  7. #6595aa
  8. #6c90a0
  9. #728b95
  10. #79858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8baec7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ab3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a2e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fb4ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6daaea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bed6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3cb5ea {
  color: #3cb5ea;
}
Background
.bg-3cb5ea {
  background-color: #3cb5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3cb5ea {
  border: 2px solid #3cb5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3cb5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 181 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 81% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3cb5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3cb5ea, #3c5eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3cb5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 181 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.24 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.42 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.86 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.52 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.13 #c34a15 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3cb5ea  rgb(60, 181, 234)  hsl(198, 81%, 58%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea713c  rgb(234, 113, 60)  hsl(18, 81%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea3cb5  rgb(234, 60, 181)  hsl(318, 81%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#b5ea3c  rgb(181, 234, 60)  hsl(78, 81%, 58%)  Inchworm