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#3FA2F8

#3fa2f8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa2f8 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 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.6% cyan, 34.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 207.89°, with 92.96% saturation and 60.98% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.56.

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Relative luminance0.3367

Complementary

  1. #3fa2f8
  2. #f8953f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa2f8
  2. #f83f46
  3. #f8f13f

Analogous

  1. #3ff8f1
  2. #3fa2f8
  3. #3f46f8

Triadic

  1. #3fa2f8
  2. #f83fa2
  3. #a2f83f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa2f8
  2. #953ff8
  3. #f8953f
  4. #a2f83f

Square

  1. #3fa2f8
  2. #f13ff8
  3. #f8953f
  4. #46f83f

Monochromatic

  1. #065498
  2. #087de2
  3. #3fa2f8
  4. #89c6fb
  5. #d3eafd

Shades

#3fa2f8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa2f8
  2. #3992df
  3. #3282c6
  4. #2c71ae
  5. #266195
  6. #20517c
  7. #194163
  8. #13314a
  9. #0d2032
  10. #061019
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa2f8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa2f8
  2. #52abf9
  3. #65b5f9
  4. #79befa
  5. #8cc7fb
  6. #9fd1fc
  7. #b2dafc
  8. #c5e3fd
  9. #d9ecfe
  10. #ecf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa2f8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa2f8
  2. #469fec
  3. #4c9be0
  4. #5398d4
  5. #5994c8
  6. #6091bc
  7. #668eb0
  8. #6d8aa4
  9. #738798
  10. #7a838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829fc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa6fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f95f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a5fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #549af7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa2f8 {
  color: #3fa2f8;
}
Background
.bg-3fa2f8 {
  background-color: #3fa2f8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa2f8 {
  border: 2px solid #3fa2f8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa2f8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 162 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 93% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa2f8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa2f8, #3f46f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa2f8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 162 248 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.66 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.75 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.03 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.38 #c05d07 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa2f8  rgb(63, 162, 248)  hsl(208, 93%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#f8953f  rgb(248, 149, 63)  hsl(28, 93%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#f83fa2  rgb(248, 63, 162)  hsl(328, 93%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a2f83f  rgb(162, 248, 63)  hsl(88, 93%, 61%)  Green Yellow