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#3CB9DB

#3cb9db ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3cb9db is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 72.55% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.6% cyan, 15.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 192.83°, with 68.83% saturation and 54.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 7.34.

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Relative luminance0.4077

Complementary

  1. #3cb9db
  2. #db5e3c

Split complementary

  1. #3cb9db
  2. #db3c6a
  3. #dbae3c

Analogous

  1. #3cdbae
  2. #3cb9db
  3. #3c6adb

Triadic

  1. #3cb9db
  2. #db3cb9
  3. #b9db3c

Tetradic

  1. #3cb9db
  2. #5e3cdb
  3. #db5e3c
  4. #b9db3c

Square

  1. #3cb9db
  2. #ae3cdb
  3. #db5e3c
  4. #6adb3c

Monochromatic

  1. #14586a
  2. #208dab
  3. #3cb9db
  4. #7dd0e7
  5. #bde7f3

Shades

#3cb9db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3cb9db
  2. #36a7c5
  3. #3094af
  4. #2a8299
  5. #246f83
  6. #1e5d6e
  7. #184a58
  8. #123842
  9. #0c252c
  10. #061316
  11. #000000

Tints

#3cb9db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3cb9db
  2. #50c0df
  3. #63c7e2
  4. #77cee6
  5. #8ad5e9
  6. #9edced
  7. #b1e3f1
  8. #c5eaf4
  9. #d8f1f8
  10. #ecf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3cb9db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3cb9db
  2. #43b3d2
  3. #4aaec9
  4. #50a8c0
  5. #57a2b7
  6. #5e9dae
  7. #6597a4
  8. #6c919b
  9. #728b92
  10. #798689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cb1c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4b4dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa4db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87b6dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76addb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c0ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3cb9db {
  color: #3cb9db;
}
Background
.bg-3cb9db {
  background-color: #3cb9db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3cb9db {
  border: 2px solid #3cb9db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3cb9db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 185 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3cb9db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3cb9db, #3c6adb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3cb9db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 185 219 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.34 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.47 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.09 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.71 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.14 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.77 #c34624 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#3cb9db  rgb(60, 185, 219)  hsl(193, 69%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#db5e3c  rgb(219, 94, 60)  hsl(13, 69%, 55%)  Flame
#db3cb9  rgb(219, 60, 185)  hsl(313, 69%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#b9db3c  rgb(185, 219, 60)  hsl(73, 69%, 55%)  June Bud