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#3FA6FA

#3fa6fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa6fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.8% cyan, 33.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.95°, 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3523

Complementary

  1. #3fa6fa
  2. #fa933f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa6fa
  2. #fa3f48
  3. #faf03f

Analogous

  1. #3ffaf0
  2. #3fa6fa
  3. #3f48fa

Triadic

  1. #3fa6fa
  2. #fa3fa6
  3. #a6fa3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa6fa
  2. #933ffa
  3. #fa933f
  4. #a6fa3f

Square

  1. #3fa6fa
  2. #f03ffa
  3. #fa933f
  4. #48fa3f

Monochromatic

  1. #04589c
  2. #0682e6
  3. #3fa6fa
  4. #8ac9fc
  5. #d4ebfe

Shades

#3fa6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa6fa
  2. #3995e1
  3. #3285c8
  4. #2c74af
  5. #266496
  6. #20537d
  7. #194264
  8. #13324b
  9. #0d2132
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa6fa
  2. #52affb
  3. #65b8fb
  4. #79c1fc
  5. #8ccafc
  6. #9fd3fd
  7. #b2dbfd
  8. #c5e4fe
  9. #d9edfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa6fa
  2. #46a2ee
  3. #4c9ee2
  4. #539bd5
  5. #5997c9
  6. #6093bd
  7. #668fb1
  8. #6d8ba5
  9. #738898
  10. #7a848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a3ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7faafe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6498f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba8fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589ef9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa6fa {
  color: #3fa6fa;
}
Background
.bg-3fa6fa {
  background-color: #3fa6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa6fa {
  border: 2px solid #3fa6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 166 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa6fa, #3f48fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 166 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.69 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.18 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.30 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.52 #c05905 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa6fa  rgb(63, 166, 250)  hsl(207, 95%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fa933f  rgb(250, 147, 63)  hsl(27, 95%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa3fa6  rgb(250, 63, 166)  hsl(327, 95%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a6fa3f  rgb(166, 250, 63)  hsl(87, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow