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#3DABDC

#3dabdc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3dabdc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.92% red, 67.06% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.27% cyan, 22.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 198.49°, with 69.43% saturation and 55.1% 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 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.01.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3529

Complementary

  1. #3dabdc
  2. #dc6e3d

Split complementary

  1. #3dabdc
  2. #dc3d5c
  3. #dcbd3d

Analogous

  1. #3ddcbd
  2. #3dabdc
  3. #3d5cdc

Triadic

  1. #3dabdc
  2. #dc3dab
  3. #abdc3d

Tetradic

  1. #3dabdc
  2. #6e3ddc
  3. #dc6e3d
  4. #abdc3d

Square

  1. #3dabdc
  2. #bd3ddc
  3. #dc6e3d
  4. #5cdc3d

Monochromatic

  1. #14516c
  2. #1f81ad
  3. #3dabdc
  4. #7ec7e8
  5. #bfe3f3

Shades

#3dabdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3dabdc
  2. #379ac6
  3. #3189b0
  4. #2b789a
  5. #256784
  6. #1f566e
  7. #184458
  8. #123342
  9. #0c222c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#3dabdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3dabdc
  2. #50b3e0
  3. #64bce3
  4. #77c4e7
  5. #8bcdea
  6. #9ed5ee
  7. #b1ddf1
  8. #c5e6f5
  9. #d8eef8
  10. #ecf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3dabdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3dabdc
  2. #44a7d3
  3. #4aa2ca
  4. #519ec0
  5. #589ab7
  6. #5f96ae
  7. #6591a5
  8. #6c8d9c
  9. #738992
  10. #798489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a5bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a9de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d9adb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79aadd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69a1dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3dabdc {
  color: #3dabdc;
}
Background
.bg-3dabdc {
  background-color: #3dabdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3dabdc {
  border: 2px solid #3dabdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3dabdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 61 171 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3dabdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3dabdc, #3d5cdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3dabdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(61 171 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.01 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.67 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.40 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.19 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.76 #c25423 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3dabdc  rgb(61, 171, 220)  hsl(198, 69%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#dc6e3d  rgb(220, 110, 61)  hsl(18, 69%, 55%)  Burnt Sienna
#dc3dab  rgb(220, 61, 171)  hsl(318, 69%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#abdc3d  rgb(171, 220, 61)  hsl(78, 69%, 55%)  June Bud