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#3FA5FA

#3fa5fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa5fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.8% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 207.27°, with 94.92% saturation and 61.37% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.7.

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Relative luminance0.3487

Complementary

  1. #3fa5fa
  2. #fa943f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa5fa
  2. #fa3f47
  3. #faf13f

Analogous

  1. #3ffaf1
  2. #3fa5fa
  3. #3f47fa

Triadic

  1. #3fa5fa
  2. #fa3fa5
  3. #a5fa3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa5fa
  2. #943ffa
  3. #fa943f
  4. #a5fa3f

Square

  1. #3fa5fa
  2. #f13ffa
  3. #fa943f
  4. #47fa3f

Monochromatic

  1. #04579c
  2. #0680e6
  3. #3fa5fa
  4. #8ac8fc
  5. #d4ebfe

Shades

#3fa5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa5fa
  2. #3995e1
  3. #3284c8
  4. #2c74af
  5. #266396
  6. #20537d
  7. #194264
  8. #13324b
  9. #0d2132
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa5fa
  2. #52aefb
  3. #65b7fb
  4. #79c0fc
  5. #8cc9fc
  6. #9fd2fd
  7. #b2dbfd
  8. #c5e4fe
  9. #d9edfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa5fa
  2. #46a1ee
  3. #4c9ee2
  4. #539ad5
  5. #5996c9
  6. #6093bd
  7. #668fb1
  8. #6d8ba5
  9. #738798
  10. #7a848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a2ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea9fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6398f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579df9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa5fa {
  color: #3fa5fa;
}
Background
.bg-3fa5fa {
  background-color: #3fa5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa5fa {
  border: 2px solid #3fa5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 165 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa5fa, #3f47fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 165 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.68 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.86 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.96 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.22 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.58 #c05a05 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa5fa  rgb(63, 165, 250)  hsl(207, 95%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fa943f  rgb(250, 148, 63)  hsl(27, 95%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa3fa5  rgb(250, 63, 165)  hsl(327, 95%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a5fa3f  rgb(165, 250, 63)  hsl(87, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow