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#3FA2EA

#3fa2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.08% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 205.26°, 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.08.

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Relative luminance0.3284

Complementary

  1. #3fa2ea
  2. #ea873f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa2ea
  2. #ea3f4d
  3. #eadc3f

Analogous

  1. #3feadc
  2. #3fa2ea
  3. #3f4dea

Triadic

  1. #3fa2ea
  2. #ea3fa2
  3. #a2ea3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa2ea
  2. #873fea
  3. #ea873f
  4. #a2ea3f

Square

  1. #3fa2ea
  2. #dc3fea
  3. #ea873f
  4. #4dea3f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5182
  2. #167cc7
  3. #3fa2ea
  4. #84c3f2
  5. #c9e5f9

Shades

#3fa2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa2ea
  2. #3992d3
  3. #3282bb
  4. #2c71a4
  5. #26618c
  6. #205175
  7. #19415e
  8. #133146
  9. #0d202f
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa2ea
  2. #52abec
  3. #65b5ee
  4. #79bef0
  5. #8cc7f2
  6. #9fd1f5
  7. #b2daf7
  8. #c5e3f9
  9. #d9ecfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa2ea
  2. #469fdf
  3. #4c9bd5
  4. #5398ca
  5. #5994c0
  6. #6091b5
  7. #668eaa
  8. #6d8aa0
  9. #738795
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6994e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9ae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa2ea {
  color: #3fa2ea;
}
Background
.bg-3fa2ea {
  background-color: #3fa2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa2ea {
  border: 2px solid #3fa2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa2ea, #3f4dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.44 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.87 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.28 #c05d15 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa2ea  rgb(63, 162, 234)  hsl(205, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea873f  rgb(234, 135, 63)  hsl(25, 80%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3fa2  rgb(234, 63, 162)  hsl(325, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a2ea3f  rgb(162, 234, 63)  hsl(85, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm