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#3FA4E6

#3fa4e6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa4e6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.61% cyan, 28.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 203.71°, with 76.96% saturation and 57.45% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.75.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3332

Complementary

  1. #3fa4e6
  2. #e6813f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa4e6
  2. #e63f51
  3. #e6d43f

Analogous

  1. #3fe6d4
  2. #3fa4e6
  3. #3f51e6

Triadic

  1. #3fa4e6
  2. #e63fa4
  3. #a4e63f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa4e6
  2. #813fe6
  3. #e6813f
  4. #a4e63f

Square

  1. #3fa4e6
  2. #d43fe6
  3. #e6813f
  4. #51e63f

Monochromatic

  1. #10517c
  2. #197ec0
  3. #3fa4e6
  4. #83c4ef
  5. #c6e4f8

Shades

#3fa4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa4e6
  2. #3994cf
  3. #3283b8
  4. #2c73a1
  5. #26628a
  6. #205273
  7. #19425c
  8. #133145
  9. #0d212e
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa4e6
  2. #52ade9
  3. #65b6eb
  4. #79bfee
  5. #8cc8f0
  6. #9fd2f3
  7. #b2dbf5
  8. #c5e4f8
  9. #d9edfa
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa4e6
  2. #46a0dc
  3. #4c9dd2
  4. #5399c7
  5. #5996bd
  6. #6092b3
  7. #668ea9
  8. #6d8b9f
  9. #738794
  10. #7a848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819fbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a5e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e95e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a5e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9be5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aece ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa4e6 {
  color: #3fa4e6;
}
Background
.bg-3fa4e6 {
  background-color: #3fa4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #3fa4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 164 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 77% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa4e6, #3f51e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 164 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.94 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.48 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.79 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.90 #c05b19 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa4e6  rgb(63, 164, 230)  hsl(204, 77%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#e6813f  rgb(230, 129, 63)  hsl(24, 77%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#e63fa4  rgb(230, 63, 164)  hsl(324, 77%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a4e63f  rgb(164, 230, 63)  hsl(84, 77%, 57%)  Inchworm