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#3EA5EF

#3ea5ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ea5ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.06% cyan, 30.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 205.08°, with 84.69% saturation and 59.02% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.3417

Complementary

  1. #3ea5ef
  2. #ef883e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea5ef
  2. #ef3e4d
  3. #efe03e

Analogous

  1. #3eefe0
  2. #3ea5ef
  3. #3e4def

Triadic

  1. #3ea5ef
  2. #ef3ea5
  3. #a5ef3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea5ef
  2. #883eef
  3. #ef883e
  4. #a5ef3e

Square

  1. #3ea5ef
  2. #e03eef
  3. #ef883e
  4. #4def3e

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5489
  2. #1180cf
  3. #3ea5ef
  4. #85c6f5
  5. #cbe7fb

Shades

#3ea5ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea5ef
  2. #3895d7
  3. #3284bf
  4. #2b74a7
  5. #25638f
  6. #1f5378
  7. #194260
  8. #133248
  9. #0c2130
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea5ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea5ef
  2. #51aef1
  3. #65b7f2
  4. #78c0f4
  5. #8bc9f5
  6. #9fd2f7
  7. #b2dbf9
  8. #c5e4fa
  9. #d8edfc
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea5ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea5ef
  2. #45a1e4
  3. #4b9ed9
  4. #529ace
  5. #5896c3
  6. #5f93b8
  7. #668fac
  8. #6c8ba1
  9. #738796
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a1c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a7f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a97ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea6f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9dee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea5ef {
  color: #3ea5ef;
}
Background
.bg-3ea5ef {
  background-color: #3ea5ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea5ef {
  border: 2px solid #3ea5ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea5ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 165 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 85% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea5ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea5ef, #3e4def);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea5ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 165 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.44 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.55 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.09 #c15a10 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea5ef  rgb(62, 165, 239)  hsl(205, 85%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ef883e  rgb(239, 136, 62)  hsl(25, 85%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#ef3ea5  rgb(239, 62, 165)  hsl(325, 85%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a5ef3e  rgb(165, 239, 62)  hsl(85, 85%, 59%)  Inchworm