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#3FA5EA

#3fa5ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa5ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 64.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.08% cyan, 29.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.21°, 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 7.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.14.

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Relative luminance0.3391

Complementary

  1. #3fa5ea
  2. #ea843f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa5ea
  2. #ea3f50
  3. #eada3f

Analogous

  1. #3feada
  2. #3fa5ea
  3. #3f50ea

Triadic

  1. #3fa5ea
  2. #ea3fa5
  3. #a5ea3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa5ea
  2. #843fea
  3. #ea843f
  4. #a5ea3f

Square

  1. #3fa5ea
  2. #da3fea
  3. #ea843f
  4. #50ea3f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5382
  2. #167fc7
  3. #3fa5ea
  4. #84c5f2
  5. #c9e6f9

Shades

#3fa5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa5ea
  2. #3995d3
  3. #3284bb
  4. #2c74a4
  5. #26638c
  6. #205375
  7. #19425e
  8. #133246
  9. #0d212f
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa5ea
  2. #52aeec
  3. #65b7ee
  4. #79c0f0
  5. #8cc9f2
  6. #9fd2f5
  7. #b2dbf7
  8. #c5e4f9
  9. #d9edfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa5ea
  2. #46a1df
  3. #4c9ed5
  4. #539aca
  5. #5996c0
  6. #6093b5
  7. #668faa
  8. #6d8ba0
  9. #738795
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a6ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a6ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa5ea {
  color: #3fa5ea;
}
Background
.bg-3fa5ea {
  background-color: #3fa5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa5ea {
  border: 2px solid #3fa5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 165 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa5ea, #3f50ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 165 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.33 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.87 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.48 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.62 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.88 #c05a15 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa5ea  rgb(63, 165, 234)  hsl(204, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea843f  rgb(234, 132, 63)  hsl(24, 80%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea3fa5  rgb(234, 63, 165)  hsl(324, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a5ea3f  rgb(165, 234, 63)  hsl(84, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm