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#3EA8FF

#3ea8ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3ea8ff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 65.88% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.69% cyan, 34.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.05°, with 100% saturation and 62.16% 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 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.25.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3625

Complementary

  1. #3ea8ff
  2. #ff953e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea8ff
  2. #ff3e48
  3. #fff63e

Analogous

  1. #3efff6
  2. #3ea8ff
  3. #3e48ff

Triadic

  1. #3ea8ff
  2. #ff3ea8
  3. #a8ff3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea8ff
  2. #953eff
  3. #ff953e
  4. #a8ff3e

Square

  1. #3ea8ff
  2. #f63eff
  3. #ff953e
  4. #48ff3e

Monochromatic

  1. #005aa4
  2. #0084f1
  3. #3ea8ff
  4. #8bcaff
  5. #d7edff

Shades

#3ea8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea8ff
  2. #3897e6
  3. #3286cc
  4. #2b76b3
  5. #256599
  6. #1f5480
  7. #194366
  8. #13324d
  9. #0c2233
  10. #06111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea8ff
  2. #51b1ff
  3. #65b9ff
  4. #78c2ff
  5. #8bcbff
  6. #9fd4ff
  7. #b2dcff
  8. #c5e5ff
  9. #d8eeff
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea8ff
  2. #45a4f2
  3. #4ba0e6
  4. #529cd9
  5. #5898cc
  6. #5f94c0
  7. #6690b3
  8. #6c8ca6
  9. #738899
  10. #79848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a5ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #649afd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6baaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #57a0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea8ff {
  color: #3ea8ff;
}
Background
.bg-3ea8ff {
  background-color: #3ea8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea8ff {
  border: 2px solid #3ea8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 168 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea8ff, #3e48ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 168 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.95 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.87 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.90 #c15700 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea8ff  rgb(62, 168, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ff953e  rgb(255, 149, 62)  hsl(27, 100%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#ff3ea8  rgb(255, 62, 168)  hsl(327, 100%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a8ff3e  rgb(168, 255, 62)  hsl(87, 100%, 62%)  Green Yellow