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#3EA7EA

#3ea7ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ea7ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.5% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.37°, 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.346

Complementary

  1. #3ea7ea
  2. #ea813e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea7ea
  2. #ea3e51
  3. #ead73e

Analogous

  1. #3eead7
  2. #3ea7ea
  3. #3e51ea

Triadic

  1. #3ea7ea
  2. #ea3ea7
  3. #a7ea3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea7ea
  2. #813eea
  3. #ea813e
  4. #a7ea3e

Square

  1. #3ea7ea
  2. #d73eea
  3. #ea813e
  4. #51ea3e

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5481
  2. #1681c6
  3. #3ea7ea
  4. #83c6f2
  5. #c8e6f9

Shades

#3ea7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea7ea
  2. #3896d3
  3. #3286bb
  4. #2b75a4
  5. #25648c
  6. #1f5475
  7. #19435e
  8. #133246
  9. #0c212f
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea7ea
  2. #51b0ec
  3. #65b9ee
  4. #78c1f0
  5. #8bcaf2
  6. #9fd3f5
  7. #b2dcf7
  8. #c5e5f9
  9. #d8edfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea7ea
  2. #45a3df
  3. #4b9fd5
  4. #529bca
  5. #5897c0
  6. #5f94b5
  7. #6690aa
  8. #6c8ca0
  9. #738895
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a2c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7098e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea7ea {
  color: #3ea7ea;
}
Background
.bg-3ea7ea {
  background-color: #3ea7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea7ea {
  border: 2px solid #3ea7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea7ea, #3e51ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.46 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.79 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.34 #c15815 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea7ea  rgb(62, 167, 234)  hsl(203, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea813e  rgb(234, 129, 62)  hsl(23, 80%, 58%)  Mango Tango
#ea3ea7  rgb(234, 62, 167)  hsl(323, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a7ea3e  rgb(167, 234, 62)  hsl(83, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm