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#3FA6DC

#3fa6dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa6dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 65.1% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.36% cyan, 24.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 200.64°, with 69.16% saturation and 55.49% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.17.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.335

Complementary

  1. #3fa6dc
  2. #dc753f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa6dc
  2. #dc3f57
  3. #dcc43f

Analogous

  1. #3fdcc4
  2. #3fa6dc
  3. #3f57dc

Triadic

  1. #3fa6dc
  2. #dc3fa6
  3. #a6dc3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa6dc
  2. #753fdc
  3. #dc753f
  4. #a6dc3f

Square

  1. #3fa6dc
  2. #c43fdc
  3. #dc753f
  4. #57dc3f

Monochromatic

  1. #144f6e
  2. #207eaf
  3. #3fa6dc
  4. #80c4e8
  5. #c0e2f4

Shades

#3fa6dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa6dc
  2. #3995c6
  3. #3285b0
  4. #2c749a
  5. #266484
  6. #20536e
  7. #194258
  8. #133242
  9. #0d212c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa6dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa6dc
  2. #52afe0
  3. #65b8e3
  4. #79c1e7
  5. #8ccaea
  6. #9fd3ee
  7. #b2dbf1
  8. #c5e4f5
  9. #d9edf8
  10. #ecf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa6dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa6dc
  2. #46a2d3
  3. #4c9eca
  4. #539bc0
  5. #5997b7
  6. #6093ae
  7. #668fa5
  8. #6d8b9c
  9. #738892
  10. #7a8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a0b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca5df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7796db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a5de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #659ddb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa6dc {
  color: #3fa6dc;
}
Background
.bg-3fa6dc {
  background-color: #3fa6dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa6dc {
  border: 2px solid #3fa6dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa6dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 166 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa6dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa6dc, #3f57dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa6dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 166 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.43 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.81 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.46 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.35 #c05923 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa6dc  rgb(63, 166, 220)  hsl(201, 69%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#dc753f  rgb(220, 117, 63)  hsl(21, 69%, 55%)  Chocolate
#dc3fa6  rgb(220, 63, 166)  hsl(321, 69%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#a6dc3f  rgb(166, 220, 63)  hsl(81, 69%, 55%)  Yellow Green