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#3FA2F5

#3fa2f5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa2f5 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 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.29% cyan, 33.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 207.36°, with 90.1% saturation and 60.39% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.25.

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Relative luminance0.3349

Complementary

  1. #3fa2f5
  2. #f5923f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa2f5
  2. #f53f47
  3. #f5ed3f

Analogous

  1. #3ff5ed
  2. #3fa2f5
  3. #3f47f5

Triadic

  1. #3fa2f5
  2. #f53fa2
  3. #a2f53f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa2f5
  2. #923ff5
  3. #f5923f
  4. #a2f53f

Square

  1. #3fa2f5
  2. #ed3ff5
  3. #f5923f
  4. #47f53f

Monochromatic

  1. #085493
  2. #0b7ddc
  3. #3fa2f5
  4. #88c5f9
  5. #d0e8fd

Shades

#3fa2f5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa2f5
  2. #3992dd
  3. #3282c4
  4. #2c71ac
  5. #266193
  6. #20517b
  7. #194162
  8. #13314a
  9. #0d2031
  10. #061019
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa2f5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa2f5
  2. #52abf6
  3. #65b5f7
  4. #79bef8
  5. #8cc7f9
  6. #9fd1fa
  7. #b2dafb
  8. #c5e3fc
  9. #d9ecfd
  10. #ecf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa2f5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa2f5
  2. #469fe9
  3. #4c9bde
  4. #5398d2
  5. #5994c6
  6. #6091bb
  7. #668eaf
  8. #6d8aa3
  9. #738797
  10. #7a838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819fc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca6f9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6295f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a4f7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569af4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa2f5 {
  color: #3fa2f5;
}
Background
.bg-3fa2f5 {
  background-color: #3fa2f5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa2f5 {
  border: 2px solid #3fa2f5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa2f5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 162 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 90% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa2f5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa2f5, #3f47f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa2f5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 162 245 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.14 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.65 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.35 #c05d0a Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa2f5  rgb(63, 162, 245)  hsl(207, 90%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#f5923f  rgb(245, 146, 63)  hsl(27, 90%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#f53fa2  rgb(245, 63, 162)  hsl(327, 90%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a2f53f  rgb(162, 245, 63)  hsl(87, 90%, 60%)  Green Yellow