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#3FA3CC

#3fa3cc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa3cc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 63.92% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.12% cyan, 20.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 197.45°, with 58.02% saturation and 52.35% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3161

Complementary

  1. #3fa3cc
  2. #cc683f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa3cc
  2. #cc3f5c
  3. #ccae3f

Analogous

  1. #3fccae
  2. #3fa3cc
  3. #3f5ccc

Triadic

  1. #3fa3cc
  2. #cc3fa3
  3. #a3cc3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa3cc
  2. #683fcc
  3. #cc683f
  4. #a3cc3f

Square

  1. #3fa3cc
  2. #ae3fcc
  3. #cc683f
  4. #5ccc3f

Monochromatic

  1. #18475a
  2. #287697
  3. #3fa3cc
  4. #7bc0dc
  5. #b8ddec

Shades

#3fa3cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa3cc
  2. #3993b8
  3. #3282a3
  4. #2c728f
  5. #26627a
  6. #205266
  7. #194152
  8. #13313d
  9. #0d2129
  10. #061014
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa3cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa3cc
  2. #52acd1
  3. #65b5d6
  4. #79bfdb
  5. #8cc8e0
  6. #9fd1e6
  7. #b2daeb
  8. #c5e3f0
  9. #d9edf5
  10. #ecf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa3cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa3cc
  2. #46a0c4
  3. #4c9cbd
  4. #5399b5
  5. #5995ae
  6. #6092a6
  7. #668e9e
  8. #6d8b97
  9. #73878f
  10. #7a8488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9daf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea0ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a92cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76a1cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6899cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aabc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa3cc {
  color: #3fa3cc;
}
Background
.bg-3fa3cc {
  background-color: #3fa3cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa3cc {
  border: 2px solid #3fa3cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa3cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 163 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 58% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa3cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa3cc, #3f5ccc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa3cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 163 204 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.10 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.00 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.18 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.83 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.00 #c05c33 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa3cc  rgb(63, 163, 204)  hsl(197, 58%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#cc683f  rgb(204, 104, 63)  hsl(17, 58%, 52%)  Flame
#cc3fa3  rgb(204, 63, 163)  hsl(317, 58%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a3cc3f  rgb(163, 204, 63)  hsl(77, 58%, 52%)  Yellow Green