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#3FA0EA

#3fa0ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa0ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 62.75% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.08% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 205.96°, with 80.28% saturation and 58.24% 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 7.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.3214

Complementary

  1. #3fa0ea
  2. #ea893f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa0ea
  2. #ea3f4b
  3. #eade3f

Analogous

  1. #3feade
  2. #3fa0ea
  3. #3f4bea

Triadic

  1. #3fa0ea
  2. #ea3fa0
  3. #a0ea3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa0ea
  2. #893fea
  3. #ea893f
  4. #a0ea3f

Square

  1. #3fa0ea
  2. #de3fea
  3. #ea893f
  4. #4bea3f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5082
  2. #167ac7
  3. #3fa0ea
  4. #84c2f2
  5. #c9e4f9

Shades

#3fa0ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa0ea
  2. #3990d3
  3. #3280bb
  4. #2c70a4
  5. #26608c
  6. #205075
  7. #19405e
  8. #133046
  9. #0d202f
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa0ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa0ea
  2. #52aaec
  3. #65b3ee
  4. #79bdf0
  5. #8cc6f2
  6. #9fd0f5
  7. #b2d9f7
  8. #c5e3f9
  9. #d9ecfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa0ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa0ea
  2. #469ddf
  3. #4c9ad5
  4. #5396ca
  5. #5993c0
  6. #6090b5
  7. #668daa
  8. #6d8aa0
  9. #738695
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9cbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea2ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6692e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5998e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa0ea {
  color: #3fa0ea;
}
Background
.bg-3fa0ea {
  background-color: #3fa0ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa0ea {
  border: 2px solid #3fa0ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa0ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 160 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa0ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa0ea, #3f4bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa0ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 160 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.71 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.21 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.84 #c05f15 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa0ea  rgb(63, 160, 234)  hsl(206, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea893f  rgb(234, 137, 63)  hsl(26, 80%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3fa0  rgb(234, 63, 160)  hsl(326, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a0ea3f  rgb(160, 234, 63)  hsl(86, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm