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#3EA9DC

#3ea9dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ea9dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 66.27% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.82% cyan, 23.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 199.37°, with 69.3% saturation and 55.29% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.23.

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Relative luminance0.3457

Complementary

  1. #3ea9dc
  2. #dc713e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea9dc
  2. #dc3e5a
  3. #dcc03e

Analogous

  1. #3edcc0
  2. #3ea9dc
  3. #3e5adc

Triadic

  1. #3ea9dc
  2. #dc3ea9
  3. #a9dc3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea9dc
  2. #713edc
  3. #dc713e
  4. #a9dc3e

Square

  1. #3ea9dc
  2. #c03edc
  3. #dc713e
  4. #5adc3e

Monochromatic

  1. #14506d
  2. #2080ae
  3. #3ea9dc
  4. #7fc6e8
  5. #bfe3f3

Shades

#3ea9dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea9dc
  2. #3898c6
  3. #3287b0
  4. #2b769a
  5. #256584
  6. #1f556e
  7. #194458
  8. #133342
  9. #0c222c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea9dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea9dc
  2. #51b2e0
  3. #65bae3
  4. #78c3e7
  5. #8bcbea
  6. #9fd4ee
  7. #b2ddf1
  8. #c5e5f5
  9. #d8eef8
  10. #ecf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea9dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea9dc
  2. #45a5d3
  3. #4ba1ca
  4. #529dc0
  5. #5899b7
  6. #5f95ae
  7. #6690a5
  8. #6c8c9c
  9. #738892
  10. #798489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a3ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a7de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a98db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78a8dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #679fdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea9dc {
  color: #3ea9dc;
}
Background
.bg-3ea9dc {
  background-color: #3ea9dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea9dc {
  border: 2px solid #3ea9dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea9dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 169 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea9dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea9dc, #3e5adc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea9dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 169 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.21 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.41 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.48 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.25 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.12 #c15623 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea9dc  rgb(62, 169, 220)  hsl(199, 69%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#dc713e  rgb(220, 113, 62)  hsl(19, 69%, 55%)  Burnt Sienna
#dc3ea9  rgb(220, 62, 169)  hsl(319, 69%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#a9dc3e  rgb(169, 220, 62)  hsl(79, 69%, 55%)  Yellow Green