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#3EAEFB

#3eaefb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3eaefb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 68.24% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.3% cyan, 30.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 204.44°, 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.53.

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Relative luminance0.3826

Complementary

  1. #3eaefb
  2. #fb8b3e

Split complementary

  1. #3eaefb
  2. #fb3e50
  3. #fbe93e

Analogous

  1. #3efbe9
  2. #3eaefb
  3. #3e50fb

Triadic

  1. #3eaefb
  2. #fb3eae
  3. #aefb3e

Tetradic

  1. #3eaefb
  2. #8b3efb
  3. #fb8b3e
  4. #aefb3e

Square

  1. #3eaefb
  2. #e93efb
  3. #fb8b3e
  4. #50fb3e

Monochromatic

  1. #035e9d
  2. #058be8
  3. #3eaefb
  4. #89cdfd
  5. #d4edfe

Shades

#3eaefb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3eaefb
  2. #389de2
  3. #328bc9
  4. #2b7ab0
  5. #256897
  6. #1f577e
  7. #194664
  8. #13344b
  9. #0c2332
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3eaefb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3eaefb
  2. #51b6fb
  3. #65befc
  4. #78c6fc
  5. #8bcefd
  6. #9fd7fd
  7. #b2dffd
  8. #c5e7fe
  9. #d8effe
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3eaefb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3eaefb
  2. #45a9ef
  3. #4ba5e2
  4. #52a0d6
  5. #589cca
  6. #5f97be
  7. #6692b1
  8. #6c8ea5
  9. #738999
  10. #79858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #709efa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73affd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a5fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00badf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3eaefb {
  color: #3eaefb;
}
Background
.bg-3eaefb {
  background-color: #3eaefb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3eaefb {
  border: 2px solid #3eaefb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3eaefb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 174 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 96% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3eaefb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eaefb, #3e50fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3eaefb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 174 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.19 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.80 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.45 #c15104 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3eaefb  rgb(62, 174, 251)  hsl(204, 96%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fb8b3e  rgb(251, 139, 62)  hsl(24, 96%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fb3eae  rgb(251, 62, 174)  hsl(324, 96%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#aefb3e  rgb(174, 251, 62)  hsl(84, 96%, 61%)  Green Yellow