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#3EA1CD

#3ea1cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ea1cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 63.14% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.76% cyan, 21.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.46°, with 58.85% saturation and 52.35% 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 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.25.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3092

Complementary

  1. #3ea1cd
  2. #cd6a3e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea1cd
  2. #cd3e59
  3. #cdb13e

Analogous

  1. #3ecdb1
  2. #3ea1cd
  3. #3e59cd

Triadic

  1. #3ea1cd
  2. #cd3ea1
  3. #a1cd3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea1cd
  2. #6a3ecd
  3. #cd6a3e
  4. #a1cd3e

Square

  1. #3ea1cd
  2. #b13ecd
  3. #cd6a3e
  4. #59cd3e

Monochromatic

  1. #17465b
  2. #277597
  3. #3ea1cd
  4. #7bbfdd
  5. #b8dcec

Shades

#3ea1cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea1cd
  2. #3891b9
  3. #3281a4
  4. #2b7190
  5. #25617b
  6. #1f5167
  7. #194052
  8. #13303e
  9. #0c2029
  10. #061015
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea1cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea1cd
  2. #51aad2
  3. #65b4d7
  4. #78bddc
  5. #8bc7e1
  6. #9fd0e6
  7. #b2d9eb
  8. #c5e3f0
  9. #d8ecf5
  10. #ecf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea1cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea1cd
  2. #459ec5
  3. #4b9abe
  4. #5297b6
  5. #5894ae
  6. #5f91a7
  7. #668d9f
  8. #6c8a97
  9. #73878f
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9baf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9fcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7791cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74a0ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6598cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea1cd {
  color: #3ea1cd;
}
Background
.bg-3ea1cd {
  background-color: #3ea1cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea1cd {
  border: 2px solid #3ea1cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea1cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 161 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 59% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea1cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea1cd, #3e59cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea1cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 161 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.25 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.54 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.79 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.89 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.05 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.04 #c15e32 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea1cd  rgb(62, 161, 205)  hsl(198, 59%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#cd6a3e  rgb(205, 106, 62)  hsl(18, 59%, 52%)  Flame
#cd3ea1  rgb(205, 62, 161)  hsl(318, 59%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a1cd3e  rgb(161, 205, 62)  hsl(78, 59%, 52%)  Yellow Green