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#3CB5FA

#3cb5fa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3cb5fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76% cyan, 27.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 201.79°, with 95% saturation and 60.78% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.31.

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Relative luminance0.4091

Complementary

  1. #3cb5fa
  2. #fa813c

Split complementary

  1. #3cb5fa
  2. #fa3c56
  3. #fae03c

Analogous

  1. #3cfae0
  2. #3cb5fa
  3. #3c56fa

Triadic

  1. #3cb5fa
  2. #fa3cb5
  3. #b5fa3c

Tetradic

  1. #3cb5fa
  2. #813cfa
  3. #fa813c
  4. #b5fa3c

Square

  1. #3cb5fa
  2. #e03cfa
  3. #fa813c
  4. #56fa3c

Monochromatic

  1. #046399
  2. #0693e4
  3. #3cb5fa
  4. #87d1fc
  5. #d1eefe

Shades

#3cb5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3cb5fa
  2. #36a3e1
  3. #3091c8
  4. #2a7faf
  5. #246d96
  6. #1e5b7d
  7. #184864
  8. #12364b
  9. #0c2432
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#3cb5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3cb5fa
  2. #50bcfb
  3. #63c4fb
  4. #77cbfc
  5. #8ad3fc
  6. #9edafd
  7. #b1e1fd
  8. #c5e9fe
  9. #d8f0fe
  10. #ecf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3cb5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3cb5fa
  2. #43b0ee
  3. #4aaae2
  4. #50a5d5
  5. #57a0c9
  6. #5e9bbd
  7. #6595b1
  8. #6c90a5
  9. #728b98
  10. #79858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cafd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94b5fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ba3f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7bb5fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67abf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c0e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3cb5fa {
  color: #3cb5fa;
}
Background
.bg-3cb5fa {
  background-color: #3cb5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3cb5fa {
  border: 2px solid #3cb5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3cb5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 181 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3cb5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3cb5fa, #3c56fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3cb5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 181 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.05 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.44 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.51 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.92 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.33 #c34a05 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3cb5fa  rgb(60, 181, 250)  hsl(202, 95%, 61%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa813c  rgb(250, 129, 60)  hsl(22, 95%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#fa3cb5  rgb(250, 60, 181)  hsl(322, 95%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#b5fa3c  rgb(181, 250, 60)  hsl(82, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow