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#3FA4E1

#3fa4e1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa4e1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 64.31% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72% cyan, 27.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 202.59°, with 72.97% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.5.

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Relative luminance0.3304

Complementary

  1. #3fa4e1
  2. #e17c3f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa4e1
  2. #e13f53
  3. #e1cd3f

Analogous

  1. #3fe1cd
  2. #3fa4e1
  3. #3f53e1

Triadic

  1. #3fa4e1
  2. #e13fa4
  3. #a4e13f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa4e1
  2. #7c3fe1
  3. #e17c3f
  4. #a4e13f

Square

  1. #3fa4e1
  2. #cd3fe1
  3. #e17c3f
  4. #53e13f

Monochromatic

  1. #125075
  2. #1d7db7
  3. #3fa4e1
  4. #81c3eb
  5. #c3e3f6

Shades

#3fa4e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa4e1
  2. #3994cb
  3. #3283b4
  4. #2c739e
  5. #266287
  6. #205271
  7. #19425a
  8. #133144
  9. #0d212d
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa4e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa4e1
  2. #52ade4
  3. #65b6e7
  4. #79bfea
  5. #8cc8ed
  6. #9fd2f0
  7. #b2dbf3
  8. #c5e4f6
  9. #d9edf9
  10. #ecf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa4e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa4e1
  2. #46a0d7
  3. #4c9dce
  4. #5399c4
  5. #5996ba
  6. #6092b1
  7. #668ea7
  8. #6d8b9d
  9. #738793
  10. #7a848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819fbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a4e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7195e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a4e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #619be0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa4e1 {
  color: #3fa4e1;
}
Background
.bg-3fa4e1 {
  background-color: #3fa4e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa4e1 {
  border: 2px solid #3fa4e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa4e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 164 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 73% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa4e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa4e1, #3f53e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa4e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 164 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.56 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.92 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.97 #c05b1e Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa4e1  rgb(63, 164, 225)  hsl(203, 73%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e17c3f  rgb(225, 124, 63)  hsl(23, 73%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#e13fa4  rgb(225, 63, 164)  hsl(323, 73%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a4e13f  rgb(164, 225, 63)  hsl(83, 73%, 56%)  Inchworm