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#3EA8BB

#3ea8bb ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3ea8bb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 65.88% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.84% cyan, 10.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 189.12°, with 50.2% saturation and 48.82% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 7.07.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3262

Complementary

  1. #3ea8bb
  2. #bb513e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea8bb
  2. #bb3e69
  3. #bb8f3e

Analogous

  1. #3ebb8f
  2. #3ea8bb
  3. #3e69bb

Triadic

  1. #3ea8bb
  2. #bb3ea8
  3. #a8bb3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea8bb
  2. #513ebb
  3. #bb513e
  4. #a8bb3e

Square

  1. #3ea8bb
  2. #8f3ebb
  3. #bb513e
  4. #69bb3e

Monochromatic

  1. #184148
  2. #2b7482
  3. #3ea8bb
  4. #74c3d1
  5. #aedce4

Shades

#3ea8bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea8bb
  2. #3897a8
  3. #328696
  4. #2b7683
  5. #256570
  6. #1f545e
  7. #19434b
  8. #133238
  9. #0c2225
  10. #061113
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea8bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea8bb
  2. #51b1c2
  3. #65b9c9
  4. #78c2cf
  5. #8bcbd6
  6. #9fd4dd
  7. #b2dce4
  8. #c5e5eb
  9. #d8eef1
  10. #ecf6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea8bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea8bb
  2. #45a4b5
  3. #4ba0af
  4. #529ca9
  5. #5898a3
  6. #5f949e
  7. #669098
  8. #6c8c92
  9. #73888c
  10. #798486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a0a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a2bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8795bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ea5bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #719dbb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea8bb {
  color: #3ea8bb;
}
Background
.bg-3ea8bb {
  background-color: #3ea8bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea8bb {
  border: 2px solid #3ea8bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea8bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 168 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 50% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea8bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea8bb, #3e69bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea8bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 168 187 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.07 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.61 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.98 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.73 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 11.07 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 11.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.26 #c15744 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#3ea8bb  rgb(62, 168, 187)  hsl(189, 50%, 49%)  Cadet Blue
#bb513e  rgb(187, 81, 62)  hsl(9, 50%, 49%)  Persian Red
#bb3ea8  rgb(187, 62, 168)  hsl(309, 50%, 49%)  Purpureus
#a8bb3e  rgb(168, 187, 62)  hsl(69, 50%, 49%)  Apple Green