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#3EAAEF

#3eaaef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3eaaef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 66.67% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.06% cyan, 28.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 203.39°, with 84.69% saturation and 59.02% 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 8.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.13.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3601

Complementary

  1. #3eaaef
  2. #ef833e

Split complementary

  1. #3eaaef
  2. #ef3e52
  3. #efdc3e

Analogous

  1. #3eefdc
  2. #3eaaef
  3. #3e52ef

Triadic

  1. #3eaaef
  2. #ef3eaa
  3. #aaef3e

Tetradic

  1. #3eaaef
  2. #833eef
  3. #ef833e
  4. #aaef3e

Square

  1. #3eaaef
  2. #dc3eef
  3. #ef833e
  4. #52ef3e

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5889
  2. #1185cf
  3. #3eaaef
  4. #85c9f5
  5. #cbe8fb

Shades

#3eaaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3eaaef
  2. #3899d7
  3. #3288bf
  4. #2b77a7
  5. #25668f
  6. #1f5578
  7. #194460
  8. #133348
  9. #0c2230
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#3eaaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3eaaef
  2. #51b3f1
  3. #65bbf2
  4. #78c4f4
  5. #8bccf5
  6. #9fd5f7
  7. #b2ddf9
  8. #c5e6fa
  9. #d8eefc
  10. #ecf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3eaaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3eaaef
  2. #45a6e4
  3. #4ba2d9
  4. #529dce
  5. #5899c3
  6. #5f95b8
  7. #6691ac
  8. #6c8da1
  9. #738896
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #729aee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73abf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a1ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3eaaef {
  color: #3eaaef;
}
Background
.bg-3eaaef {
  background-color: #3eaaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3eaaef {
  border: 2px solid #3eaaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3eaaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 170 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 85% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3eaaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eaaef, #3e52ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3eaaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 170 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.24 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.32 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.44 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.10 #c15510 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3eaaef  rgb(62, 170, 239)  hsl(203, 85%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ef833e  rgb(239, 131, 62)  hsl(23, 85%, 59%)  Mango Tango
#ef3eaa  rgb(239, 62, 170)  hsl(323, 85%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aaef3e  rgb(170, 239, 62)  hsl(83, 85%, 59%)  Inchworm