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#3EAEFC

#3eaefc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3eaefc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.4% cyan, 30.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 204.63°, with 96.94% saturation and 61.57% 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 8.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.6.

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Relative luminance0.3832

Complementary

  1. #3eaefc
  2. #fc8c3e

Split complementary

  1. #3eaefc
  2. #fc3e4f
  3. #fceb3e

Analogous

  1. #3efceb
  2. #3eaefc
  3. #3e4ffc

Triadic

  1. #3eaefc
  2. #fc3eae
  3. #aefc3e

Tetradic

  1. #3eaefc
  2. #8c3efc
  3. #fc8c3e
  4. #aefc3e

Square

  1. #3eaefc
  2. #eb3efc
  3. #fc8c3e
  4. #4ffc3e

Monochromatic

  1. #025e9f
  2. #048bea
  3. #3eaefc
  4. #89cefd
  5. #d5edfe

Shades

#3eaefc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3eaefc
  2. #389de3
  3. #328bca
  4. #2b7ab0
  5. #256897
  6. #1f577e
  7. #194665
  8. #13344c
  9. #0c2332
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3eaefc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3eaefc
  2. #51b6fc
  3. #65befd
  4. #78c6fd
  5. #8bcefd
  6. #9fd7fe
  7. #b2dffe
  8. #c5e7fe
  9. #d8effe
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3eaefc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3eaefc
  2. #45a9f0
  3. #4ba5e3
  4. #52a0d7
  5. #589cca
  6. #5f97be
  7. #6692b2
  8. #6c8ea5
  9. #738999
  10. #79858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9efb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73affe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3eaefc {
  color: #3eaefc;
}
Background
.bg-3eaefc {
  background-color: #3eaefc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3eaefc {
  border: 2px solid #3eaefc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3eaefc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 174 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 97% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3eaefc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eaefc, #3e4ffc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3eaefc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 174 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.34 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.74 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.20 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.56 #c15103 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3eaefc  rgb(62, 174, 252)  hsl(205, 97%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fc8c3e  rgb(252, 140, 62)  hsl(25, 97%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#fc3eae  rgb(252, 62, 174)  hsl(325, 97%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aefc3e  rgb(174, 252, 62)  hsl(85, 97%, 62%)  Green Yellow