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#3FA4EA

#3fa4ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa4ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.08% cyan, 29.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.56°, with 80.28% saturation and 58.24% 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 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.08.

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Relative luminance0.3355

Complementary

  1. #3fa4ea
  2. #ea853f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa4ea
  2. #ea3f4f
  3. #eada3f

Analogous

  1. #3feada
  2. #3fa4ea
  3. #3f4fea

Triadic

  1. #3fa4ea
  2. #ea3fa4
  3. #a4ea3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa4ea
  2. #853fea
  3. #ea853f
  4. #a4ea3f

Square

  1. #3fa4ea
  2. #da3fea
  3. #ea853f
  4. #4fea3f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5282
  2. #167ec7
  3. #3fa4ea
  4. #84c5f2
  5. #c9e5f9

Shades

#3fa4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa4ea
  2. #3994d3
  3. #3283bb
  4. #2c73a4
  5. #26628c
  6. #205275
  7. #19425e
  8. #133146
  9. #0d212f
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa4ea
  2. #52adec
  3. #65b6ee
  4. #79bff0
  5. #8cc8f2
  6. #9fd2f5
  7. #b2dbf7
  8. #c5e4f9
  9. #d9edfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa4ea
  2. #46a0df
  3. #4c9dd5
  4. #5399ca
  5. #5996c0
  6. #6092b5
  7. #668eaa
  8. #6d8ba0
  9. #738795
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a6ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa5ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa4ea {
  color: #3fa4ea;
}
Background
.bg-3fa4ea {
  background-color: #3fa4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa4ea {
  border: 2px solid #3fa4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 164 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa4ea, #3f4fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 164 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.49 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.74 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.01 #c05b15 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa4ea  rgb(63, 164, 234)  hsl(205, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea853f  rgb(234, 133, 63)  hsl(25, 80%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3fa4  rgb(234, 63, 164)  hsl(325, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a4ea3f  rgb(164, 234, 63)  hsl(85, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm