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#3DADE2

#3dade2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3dade2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.92% red, 67.84% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.01% cyan, 23.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 199.27°, with 73.99% saturation and 56.27% 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 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.03.

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Relative luminance0.3637

Complementary

  1. #3dade2
  2. #e2723d

Split complementary

  1. #3dade2
  2. #e23d5a
  3. #e2c43d

Analogous

  1. #3de2c4
  2. #3dade2
  3. #3d5ae2

Triadic

  1. #3dade2
  2. #e23dad
  3. #ade23d

Tetradic

  1. #3dade2
  2. #723de2
  3. #e2723d
  4. #ade23d

Square

  1. #3dade2
  2. #c43de2
  3. #e2723d
  4. #5ae23d

Monochromatic

  1. #115575
  2. #1b85b7
  3. #3dade2
  4. #80c9ec
  5. #c2e5f6

Shades

#3dade2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3dade2
  2. #379ccb
  3. #318ab5
  4. #2b799e
  5. #256888
  6. #1f5771
  7. #18455a
  8. #123444
  9. #0c232d
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3dade2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3dade2
  2. #50b5e5
  3. #64bde8
  4. #77c6eb
  5. #8bceee
  6. #9ed6f1
  7. #b1def3
  8. #c5e6f6
  9. #d8eff9
  10. #ecf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3dade2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3dade2
  2. #44a9d8
  3. #4aa4ce
  4. #51a0c5
  5. #589bbb
  6. #5f97b1
  7. #6592a7
  8. #6c8e9d
  9. #738994
  10. #79858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a7bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93abe5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d9ce1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aace4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69a3e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3dade2 {
  color: #3dade2;
}
Background
.bg-3dade2 {
  background-color: #3dade2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3dade2 {
  border: 2px solid #3dade2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3dade2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 61 173 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 74% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3dade2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3dade2, #3d5ae2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3dade2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(61 173 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.03 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.54 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.54 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.16 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.25 #c2521d Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3dade2  rgb(61, 173, 226)  hsl(199, 74%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e2723d  rgb(226, 114, 61)  hsl(19, 74%, 56%)  Burnt Sienna
#e23dad  rgb(226, 61, 173)  hsl(319, 74%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#ade23d  rgb(173, 226, 61)  hsl(79, 74%, 56%)  Inchworm