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#3EA5FA

#3ea5fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ea5fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.2% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 207.13°, with 94.95% saturation and 61.18% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.68.

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Relative luminance0.3484

Complementary

  1. #3ea5fa
  2. #fa933e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea5fa
  2. #fa3e47
  3. #faf13e

Analogous

  1. #3efaf1
  2. #3ea5fa
  3. #3e47fa

Triadic

  1. #3ea5fa
  2. #fa3ea5
  3. #a5fa3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea5fa
  2. #933efa
  3. #fa933e
  4. #a5fa3e

Square

  1. #3ea5fa
  2. #f13efa
  3. #fa933e
  4. #47fa3e

Monochromatic

  1. #04579b
  2. #0680e6
  3. #3ea5fa
  4. #89c8fc
  5. #d3ebfe

Shades

#3ea5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea5fa
  2. #3895e1
  3. #3284c8
  4. #2b74af
  5. #256396
  6. #1f537d
  7. #194264
  8. #13324b
  9. #0c2132
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea5fa
  2. #51aefb
  3. #65b7fb
  4. #78c0fc
  5. #8bc9fc
  6. #9fd2fd
  7. #b2dbfd
  8. #c5e4fe
  9. #d8edfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea5fa
  2. #45a1ee
  3. #4b9ee2
  4. #529ad5
  5. #5896c9
  6. #5f93bd
  7. #668fb1
  8. #6c8ba5
  9. #738798
  10. #79848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a2ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea9fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6398f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569df9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea5fa {
  color: #3ea5fa;
}
Background
.bg-3ea5fa {
  background-color: #3ea5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea5fa {
  border: 2px solid #3ea5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 165 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea5fa, #3e47fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 165 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.72 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.92 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.98 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.59 #c15a05 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea5fa  rgb(62, 165, 250)  hsl(207, 95%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fa933e  rgb(250, 147, 62)  hsl(27, 95%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa3ea5  rgb(250, 62, 165)  hsl(327, 95%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a5fa3e  rgb(165, 250, 62)  hsl(87, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow