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#3E95D0

#3e95d0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3e95d0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 58.43% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.19% cyan, 28.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 204.25°, with 60.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 6.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.87.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2707

Complementary

  1. #3e95d0
  2. #d0793e

Split complementary

  1. #3e95d0
  2. #d03e4c
  3. #d0c23e

Analogous

  1. #3ed0c2
  2. #3e95d0
  3. #3e4cd0

Triadic

  1. #3e95d0
  2. #d03e95
  3. #95d03e

Tetradic

  1. #3e95d0
  2. #793ed0
  3. #d0793e
  4. #95d03e

Square

  1. #3e95d0
  2. #c23ed0
  3. #d0793e
  4. #4cd03e

Monochromatic

  1. #17415e
  2. #266c9c
  3. #3e95d0
  4. #7cb7df
  5. #b9d9ee

Shades

#3e95d0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3e95d0
  2. #3886bb
  3. #3277a6
  4. #2b6892
  5. #25597d
  6. #1f4b68
  7. #193c53
  8. #132d3e
  9. #0c1e2a
  10. #060f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#3e95d0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3e95d0
  2. #51a0d5
  3. #65aad9
  4. #78b5de
  5. #8bbfe3
  6. #9fcae8
  7. #b2d5ec
  8. #c5dff1
  9. #d8eaf6
  10. #ecf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3e95d0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3e95d0
  2. #4593c8
  3. #4b91c0
  4. #528fb8
  5. #588db0
  6. #5f8ba8
  7. #6688a0
  8. #6c8698
  9. #738490
  10. #798288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7691ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a96d3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6688cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6796d2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #598dcf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3e95d0 {
  color: #3e95d0;
}
Background
.bg-3e95d0 {
  background-color: #3e95d0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3e95d0 {
  border: 2px solid #3e95d0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3e95d0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 149 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 61% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3e95d0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3e95d0, #3e4cd0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3e95d0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 149 208 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.87 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.93 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.96 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.06 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.07 #c16a2f Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3e95d0  rgb(62, 149, 208)  hsl(204, 61%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#d0793e  rgb(208, 121, 62)  hsl(24, 61%, 53%)  Chocolate
#d03e95  rgb(208, 62, 149)  hsl(324, 61%, 53%)  Mulberry
#95d03e  rgb(149, 208, 62)  hsl(84, 61%, 53%)  Yellow Green