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#3FA2FA

#3fa2fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa2fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.8% cyan, 35.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 94.92% saturation and 61.37% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.76.

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Relative luminance0.338

Complementary

  1. #3fa2fa
  2. #fa973f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa2fa
  2. #fa3f44
  3. #faf53f

Analogous

  1. #3ffaf5
  2. #3fa2fa
  3. #3f44fa

Triadic

  1. #3fa2fa
  2. #fa3fa2
  3. #a2fa3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa2fa
  2. #973ffa
  3. #fa973f
  4. #a2fa3f

Square

  1. #3fa2fa
  2. #f53ffa
  3. #fa973f
  4. #44fa3f

Monochromatic

  1. #04549c
  2. #067de6
  3. #3fa2fa
  4. #8ac6fc
  5. #d4eafe

Shades

#3fa2fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa2fa
  2. #3992e1
  3. #3282c8
  4. #2c71af
  5. #266196
  6. #20517d
  7. #194164
  8. #13314b
  9. #0d2032
  10. #061019
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa2fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa2fa
  2. #52abfb
  3. #65b5fb
  4. #79befc
  5. #8cc7fc
  6. #9fd1fd
  7. #b2dafd
  8. #c5e3fe
  9. #d9ecfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa2fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa2fa
  2. #469fee
  3. #4c9be2
  4. #5398d5
  5. #5994c9
  6. #6091bd
  7. #668eb1
  8. #6d8aa5
  9. #738798
  10. #7a838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829fc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a7fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e95f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a5fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539bf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa2fa {
  color: #3fa2fa;
}
Background
.bg-3fa2fa {
  background-color: #3fa2fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa2fa {
  border: 2px solid #3fa2fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa2fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 162 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa2fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa2fa, #3f44fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa2fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 162 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.72 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.91 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.03 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.41 #c05d05 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa2fa  rgb(63, 162, 250)  hsl(208, 95%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fa973f  rgb(250, 151, 63)  hsl(28, 95%, 61%)  Neon Carrot
#fa3fa2  rgb(250, 63, 162)  hsl(328, 95%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a2fa3f  rgb(162, 250, 63)  hsl(88, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow