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#3EADFB

#3eadfb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3eadfb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.3% cyan, 31.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 204.76°, with 95.94% saturation and 61.37% 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 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.3788

Complementary

  1. #3eadfb
  2. #fb8c3e

Split complementary

  1. #3eadfb
  2. #fb3e4e
  3. #fbea3e

Analogous

  1. #3efbea
  2. #3eadfb
  3. #3e4efb

Triadic

  1. #3eadfb
  2. #fb3ead
  3. #adfb3e

Tetradic

  1. #3eadfb
  2. #8c3efb
  3. #fb8c3e
  4. #adfb3e

Square

  1. #3eadfb
  2. #ea3efb
  3. #fb8c3e
  4. #4efb3e

Monochromatic

  1. #035d9d
  2. #058ae8
  3. #3eadfb
  4. #89cdfd
  5. #d4edfe

Shades

#3eadfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3eadfb
  2. #389ce2
  3. #328ac9
  4. #2b79b0
  5. #256897
  6. #1f577e
  7. #194564
  8. #13344b
  9. #0c2332
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3eadfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3eadfb
  2. #51b5fb
  3. #65bdfc
  4. #78c6fc
  5. #8bcefd
  6. #9fd6fd
  7. #b2defd
  8. #c5e6fe
  9. #d8effe
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3eadfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3eadfb
  2. #45a9ef
  3. #4ba4e2
  4. #52a0d6
  5. #589bca
  6. #5f97be
  7. #6692b1
  8. #6c8ea5
  9. #738999
  10. #79858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89affe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9efa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72aefd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa4fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3eadfb {
  color: #3eadfb;
}
Background
.bg-3eadfb {
  background-color: #3eadfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3eadfb {
  border: 2px solid #3eadfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3eadfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 173 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 96% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3eadfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eadfb, #3e4efb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3eadfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 173 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.45 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.43 #c15204 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3eadfb  rgb(62, 173, 251)  hsl(205, 96%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fb8c3e  rgb(251, 140, 62)  hsl(25, 96%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fb3ead  rgb(251, 62, 173)  hsl(325, 96%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#adfb3e  rgb(173, 251, 62)  hsl(85, 96%, 61%)  Green Yellow