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#3EA6F2

#3ea6f2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ea6f2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 65.1% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.38% cyan, 31.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 205.33°, with 87.38% saturation and 59.61% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3471

Complementary

  1. #3ea6f2
  2. #f28a3e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea6f2
  2. #f23e4c
  3. #f2e43e

Analogous

  1. #3ef2e4
  2. #3ea6f2
  3. #3e4cf2

Triadic

  1. #3ea6f2
  2. #f23ea6
  3. #a6f23e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea6f2
  2. #8a3ef2
  3. #f28a3e
  4. #a6f23e

Square

  1. #3ea6f2
  2. #e43ef2
  3. #f28a3e
  4. #4cf23e

Monochromatic

  1. #0a568d
  2. #0e81d5
  3. #3ea6f2
  4. #86c7f7
  5. #cde8fc

Shades

#3ea6f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea6f2
  2. #3895da
  3. #3285c2
  4. #2b74a9
  5. #256491
  6. #1f5379
  7. #194261
  8. #133249
  9. #0c2130
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea6f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea6f2
  2. #51aff3
  3. #65b8f5
  4. #78c1f6
  5. #8bcaf7
  6. #9fd3f9
  7. #b2dbfa
  8. #c5e4fb
  9. #d8edfc
  10. #ecf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea6f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea6f2
  2. #45a2e7
  3. #4b9edb
  4. #529bd0
  5. #5897c4
  6. #5f93b9
  7. #668fae
  8. #6c8ba2
  9. #738897
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a2c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a8f5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a98f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea7f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9ef1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea6f2 {
  color: #3ea6f2;
}
Background
.bg-3ea6f2 {
  background-color: #3ea6f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea6f2 {
  border: 2px solid #3ea6f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea6f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 166 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 87% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea6f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea6f2, #3e4cf2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea6f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 166 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.52 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.52 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.67 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.07 #c1590d Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea6f2  rgb(62, 166, 242)  hsl(205, 87%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#f28a3e  rgb(242, 138, 62)  hsl(25, 87%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#f23ea6  rgb(242, 62, 166)  hsl(325, 87%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a6f23e  rgb(166, 242, 62)  hsl(85, 87%, 60%)  Green Yellow