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#3EA9FA

#3ea9fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ea9fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.2% cyan, 32.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 205.85°, with 94.95% saturation and 61.18% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.87.

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Relative luminance0.363

Complementary

  1. #3ea9fa
  2. #fa8f3e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea9fa
  2. #fa3e4b
  3. #faed3e

Analogous

  1. #3efaed
  2. #3ea9fa
  3. #3e4bfa

Triadic

  1. #3ea9fa
  2. #fa3ea9
  3. #a9fa3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea9fa
  2. #8f3efa
  3. #fa8f3e
  4. #a9fa3e

Square

  1. #3ea9fa
  2. #ed3efa
  3. #fa8f3e
  4. #4bfa3e

Monochromatic

  1. #045a9b
  2. #0685e6
  3. #3ea9fa
  4. #89cafc
  5. #d3ebfe

Shades

#3ea9fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea9fa
  2. #3898e1
  3. #3287c8
  4. #2b76af
  5. #256596
  6. #1f557d
  7. #194464
  8. #13334b
  9. #0c2232
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea9fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea9fa
  2. #51b2fb
  3. #65bafb
  4. #78c3fc
  5. #8bcbfc
  6. #9fd4fd
  7. #b2ddfd
  8. #c5e5fe
  9. #d8eefe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea9fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea9fa
  2. #45a5ee
  3. #4ba1e2
  4. #529dd5
  5. #5899c9
  6. #5f95bd
  7. #6690b1
  8. #6c8ca5
  9. #738898
  10. #79848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a5cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84acfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #699bf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eabfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba1f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea9fa {
  color: #3ea9fa;
}
Background
.bg-3ea9fa {
  background-color: #3ea9fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea9fa {
  border: 2px solid #3ea9fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea9fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 169 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea9fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea9fa, #3e4bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea9fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 169 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.85 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.27 #c15605 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3ea9fa  rgb(62, 169, 250)  hsl(206, 95%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fa8f3e  rgb(250, 143, 62)  hsl(26, 95%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa3ea9  rgb(250, 62, 169)  hsl(326, 95%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#a9fa3e  rgb(169, 250, 62)  hsl(86, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow