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#3DAFFC

#3daffc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3daffc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.92% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.79% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 204.19°, with 96.95% saturation and 61.37% 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 8.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.75.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3868

Complementary

  1. #3daffc
  2. #fc8a3d

Split complementary

  1. #3daffc
  2. #fc3d4f
  3. #fce93d

Analogous

  1. #3dfce9
  2. #3daffc
  3. #3d4ffc

Triadic

  1. #3daffc
  2. #fc3daf
  3. #affc3d

Tetradic

  1. #3daffc
  2. #8a3dfc
  3. #fc8a3d
  4. #affc3d

Square

  1. #3daffc
  2. #e93dfc
  3. #fc8a3d
  4. #4ffc3d

Monochromatic

  1. #025f9e
  2. #048ce9
  3. #3daffc
  4. #88cefd
  5. #d4edfe

Shades

#3daffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3daffc
  2. #379ee3
  3. #318cca
  4. #2b7bb0
  5. #256997
  6. #1f587e
  7. #184665
  8. #12354c
  9. #0c2332
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#3daffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3daffc
  2. #50b7fc
  3. #64bffd
  4. #77c7fd
  5. #8bcffd
  6. #9ed7fe
  7. #b1dffe
  8. #c5e7fe
  9. #d8effe
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3daffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3daffc
  2. #44aaf0
  3. #4aa6e3
  4. #51a1d7
  5. #589cca
  6. #5f98be
  7. #6593b2
  8. #6c8ea5
  9. #738999
  10. #79858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719ffb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a6fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3daffc {
  color: #3daffc;
}
Background
.bg-3daffc {
  background-color: #3daffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3daffc {
  border: 2px solid #3daffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3daffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 61 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 97% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3daffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3daffc, #3d4ffc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3daffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(61 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.75 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.51 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.92 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.13 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.50 #c25003 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3daffc  rgb(61, 175, 252)  hsl(204, 97%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fc8a3d  rgb(252, 138, 61)  hsl(24, 97%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#fc3daf  rgb(252, 61, 175)  hsl(324, 97%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#affc3d  rgb(175, 252, 61)  hsl(84, 97%, 61%)  Green Yellow