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#3DACFF

#3dacff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3dacff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.92% red, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.08% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 205.67°, with 100% saturation and 61.96% 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 8.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.57.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3772

Complementary

  1. #3dacff
  2. #ff903d

Split complementary

  1. #3dacff
  2. #ff3d4b
  3. #fff13d

Analogous

  1. #3dfff1
  2. #3dacff
  3. #3d4bff

Triadic

  1. #3dacff
  2. #ff3dac
  3. #acff3d

Tetradic

  1. #3dacff
  2. #903dff
  3. #ff903d
  4. #acff3d

Square

  1. #3dacff
  2. #f13dff
  3. #ff903d
  4. #4bff3d

Monochromatic

  1. #005da3
  2. #0089ef
  3. #3dacff
  4. #89cdff
  5. #d6edff

Shades

#3dacff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3dacff
  2. #379be6
  3. #318acc
  4. #2b78b3
  5. #256799
  6. #1f5680
  7. #184566
  8. #12344d
  9. #0c2233
  10. #06111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#3dacff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3dacff
  2. #50b4ff
  3. #64bdff
  4. #77c5ff
  5. #8bcdff
  6. #9ed6ff
  7. #b1deff
  8. #c5e6ff
  9. #d8eeff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3dacff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3dacff
  2. #44a8f2
  3. #4aa3e6
  4. #519fd9
  5. #589acc
  6. #5f96c0
  7. #6592b3
  8. #6c8da6
  9. #738999
  10. #79848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a8cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86afff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a9dfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70aeff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3dacff {
  color: #3dacff;
}
Background
.bg-3dacff {
  background-color: #3dacff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3dacff {
  border: 2px solid #3dacff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3dacff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 61 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 100% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3dacff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3dacff, #3d4bff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3dacff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(61 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.26 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.14 #c25300 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3dacff  rgb(61, 172, 255)  hsl(206, 100%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ff903d  rgb(255, 144, 61)  hsl(26, 100%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#ff3dac  rgb(255, 61, 172)  hsl(326, 100%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#acff3d  rgb(172, 255, 61)  hsl(86, 100%, 62%)  Green Yellow