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#3CB8EA

#3cb8ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3cb8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 72.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.36% cyan, 21.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 197.24°, 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 9.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.13.

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Relative luminance0.4118

Complementary

  1. #3cb8ea
  2. #ea6e3c

Split complementary

  1. #3cb8ea
  2. #ea3c61
  3. #eac53c

Analogous

  1. #3ceac5
  2. #3cb8ea
  3. #3c61ea

Triadic

  1. #3cb8ea
  2. #ea3cb8
  3. #b8ea3c

Tetradic

  1. #3cb8ea
  2. #6e3cea
  3. #ea6e3c
  4. #b8ea3c

Square

  1. #3cb8ea
  2. #c53cea
  3. #ea6e3c
  4. #61ea3c

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5f7f
  2. #1592c4
  3. #3cb8ea
  4. #81d1f1
  5. #c6eaf9

Shades

#3cb8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3cb8ea
  2. #36a6d3
  3. #3093bb
  4. #2a81a4
  5. #246e8c
  6. #1e5c75
  7. #184a5e
  8. #123746
  9. #0c252f
  10. #061217
  11. #000000

Tints

#3cb8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3cb8ea
  2. #50bfec
  3. #63c6ee
  4. #77cdf0
  5. #8ad4f2
  6. #9edcf5
  7. #b1e3f7
  8. #c5eaf9
  9. #d8f1fb
  10. #ecf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3cb8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3cb8ea
  2. #43b2df
  3. #4aadd5
  4. #50a7ca
  5. #57a2c0
  6. #5e9cb5
  7. #6596aa
  8. #6c91a0
  9. #728b95
  10. #79868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8db1c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb5ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a5e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82b6eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #70adea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c0d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3cb8ea {
  color: #3cb8ea;
}
Background
.bg-3cb8ea {
  background-color: #3cb8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3cb8ea {
  border: 2px solid #3cb8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3cb8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 184 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 81% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3cb8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3cb8ea, #3c61ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3cb8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 184 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.64 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.88 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.13 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.13 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.41 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.56 #c34715 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3cb8ea  rgb(60, 184, 234)  hsl(197, 81%, 58%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea6e3c  rgb(234, 110, 60)  hsl(17, 81%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea3cb8  rgb(234, 60, 184)  hsl(317, 81%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#b8ea3c  rgb(184, 234, 60)  hsl(77, 81%, 58%)  Inchworm