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#3EA5EA

#3ea5ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ea5ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 64.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.5% cyan, 29.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.07°, with 80.37% saturation and 58.04% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.16.

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Relative luminance0.3387

Complementary

  1. #3ea5ea
  2. #ea833e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea5ea
  2. #ea3e4f
  3. #ead93e

Analogous

  1. #3eead9
  2. #3ea5ea
  3. #3e4fea

Triadic

  1. #3ea5ea
  2. #ea3ea5
  3. #a5ea3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea5ea
  2. #833eea
  3. #ea833e
  4. #a5ea3e

Square

  1. #3ea5ea
  2. #d93eea
  3. #ea833e
  4. #4fea3e

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5381
  2. #167fc6
  3. #3ea5ea
  4. #83c5f2
  5. #c8e5f9

Shades

#3ea5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea5ea
  2. #3895d3
  3. #3284bb
  4. #2b74a4
  5. #25638c
  6. #1f5375
  7. #19425e
  8. #133246
  9. #0c212f
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea5ea
  2. #51aeec
  3. #65b7ee
  4. #78c0f0
  5. #8bc9f2
  6. #9fd2f5
  7. #b2dbf7
  8. #c5e4f9
  9. #d8edfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea5ea
  2. #45a1df
  3. #4b9ed5
  4. #529aca
  5. #5896c0
  6. #5f93b5
  7. #668faa
  8. #6c8ba0
  9. #738795
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a6ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa6ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea5ea {
  color: #3ea5ea;
}
Background
.bg-3ea5ea {
  background-color: #3ea5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea5ea {
  border: 2px solid #3ea5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 165 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea5ea, #3e4fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 165 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.39 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.93 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.51 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.57 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.59 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.95 #c15a15 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea5ea  rgb(62, 165, 234)  hsl(204, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea833e  rgb(234, 131, 62)  hsl(24, 80%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3ea5  rgb(234, 62, 165)  hsl(324, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a5ea3e  rgb(165, 234, 62)  hsl(84, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm