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#3EADEE

#3eadee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3eadee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 67.84% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.95% cyan, 27.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 202.16°, with 83.81% saturation and 58.82% 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 8.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.67.

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Relative luminance0.3708

Complementary

  1. #3eadee
  2. #ee7f3e

Split complementary

  1. #3eadee
  2. #ee3e55
  3. #eed73e

Analogous

  1. #3eeed7
  2. #3eadee
  3. #3e55ee

Triadic

  1. #3eadee
  2. #ee3ead
  3. #adee3e

Tetradic

  1. #3eadee
  2. #7f3eee
  3. #ee7f3e
  4. #adee3e

Square

  1. #3eadee
  2. #d73eee
  3. #ee7f3e
  4. #55ee3e

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5a87
  2. #1288cd
  3. #3eadee
  4. #84cbf4
  5. #cbe9fa

Shades

#3eadee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3eadee
  2. #389cd6
  3. #328abe
  4. #2b79a7
  5. #25688f
  6. #1f5777
  7. #19455f
  8. #133447
  9. #0c2330
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#3eadee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3eadee
  2. #51b5f0
  3. #65bdf1
  4. #78c6f3
  5. #8bcef5
  6. #9fd6f7
  7. #b2def8
  8. #c5e6fa
  9. #d8effc
  10. #ecf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3eadee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3eadee
  2. #45a9e3
  3. #4ba4d8
  4. #52a0cd
  5. #589bc2
  6. #5f97b7
  7. #6692ac
  8. #6c8ea1
  9. #738996
  10. #79858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a8c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eadf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769ded ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76adf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a3ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3eadee {
  color: #3eadee;
}
Background
.bg-3eadee {
  background-color: #3eadee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3eadee {
  border: 2px solid #3eadee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3eadee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 173 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 84% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3eadee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eadee, #3e55ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3eadee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 173 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.67 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.06 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.64 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.95 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.59 #c15211 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3eadee  rgb(62, 173, 238)  hsl(202, 84%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ee7f3e  rgb(238, 127, 62)  hsl(22, 84%, 59%)  Mango Tango
#ee3ead  rgb(238, 62, 173)  hsl(322, 84%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#adee3e  rgb(173, 238, 62)  hsl(82, 84%, 59%)  Inchworm