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#3DADFB

#3dadfb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3dadfb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.7% cyan, 31.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 204.63°, with 95.96% saturation and 61.18% 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 8.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.3784

Complementary

  1. #3dadfb
  2. #fb8b3d

Split complementary

  1. #3dadfb
  2. #fb3d4e
  3. #fbea3d

Analogous

  1. #3dfbea
  2. #3dadfb
  3. #3d4efb

Triadic

  1. #3dadfb
  2. #fb3dad
  3. #adfb3d

Tetradic

  1. #3dadfb
  2. #8b3dfb
  3. #fb8b3d
  4. #adfb3d

Square

  1. #3dadfb
  2. #ea3dfb
  3. #fb8b3d
  4. #4efb3d

Monochromatic

  1. #035d9c
  2. #058ae7
  3. #3dadfb
  4. #88cdfd
  5. #d3ecfe

Shades

#3dadfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3dadfb
  2. #379ce2
  3. #318ac9
  4. #2b79b0
  5. #256897
  6. #1f577e
  7. #184564
  8. #12344b
  9. #0c2332
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3dadfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3dadfb
  2. #50b5fb
  3. #64bdfc
  4. #77c6fc
  5. #8bcefd
  6. #9ed6fd
  7. #b1defd
  8. #c5e6fe
  9. #d8effe
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3dadfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3dadfb
  2. #44a9ef
  3. #4aa4e2
  4. #51a0d6
  5. #589bca
  6. #5f97be
  7. #6592b1
  8. #6c8ea5
  9. #738999
  10. #79858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89affe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9efa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72aefd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ea4fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3dadfb {
  color: #3dadfb;
}
Background
.bg-3dadfb {
  background-color: #3dadfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3dadfb {
  border: 2px solid #3dadfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3dadfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 61 173 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 96% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3dadfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3dadfb, #3d4efb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3dadfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(61 173 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.54 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.52 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.48 #c25204 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3dadfb  rgb(61, 173, 251)  hsl(205, 96%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fb8b3d  rgb(251, 139, 61)  hsl(25, 96%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fb3dad  rgb(251, 61, 173)  hsl(325, 96%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#adfb3d  rgb(173, 251, 61)  hsl(85, 96%, 61%)  Green Yellow