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#3FA7DB

#3fa7db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa7db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 65.49% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.23% cyan, 23.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 68.42% saturation and 55.29% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3381

Complementary

  1. #3fa7db
  2. #db733f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa7db
  2. #db3f59
  3. #dbc13f

Analogous

  1. #3fdbc1
  2. #3fa7db
  3. #3f59db

Triadic

  1. #3fa7db
  2. #db3fa7
  3. #a7db3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa7db
  2. #733fdb
  3. #db733f
  4. #a7db3f

Square

  1. #3fa7db
  2. #c13fdb
  3. #db733f
  4. #59db3f

Monochromatic

  1. #144f6d
  2. #207ead
  3. #3fa7db
  4. #7fc5e7
  5. #c0e2f3

Shades

#3fa7db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa7db
  2. #3996c5
  3. #3286af
  4. #2c7599
  5. #266483
  6. #20546e
  7. #194358
  8. #133242
  9. #0d212c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa7db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa7db
  2. #52b0df
  3. #65b9e2
  4. #79c1e6
  5. #8ccae9
  6. #9fd3ed
  7. #b2dcf1
  8. #c5e5f4
  9. #d9edf8
  10. #ecf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa7db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa7db
  2. #46a3d2
  3. #4c9fc9
  4. #539bc0
  5. #5997b7
  6. #6094ae
  7. #6690a4
  8. #6d8c9b
  9. #738892
  10. #7a8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea6dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7897da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76a6dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #669ddb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa7db {
  color: #3fa7db;
}
Background
.bg-3fa7db {
  background-color: #3fa7db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa7db {
  border: 2px solid #3fa7db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa7db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 167 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 68% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa7db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa7db, #3f59db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa7db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 167 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.91 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.10 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.19 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.71 #c05824 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa7db  rgb(63, 167, 219)  hsl(200, 68%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#db733f  rgb(219, 115, 63)  hsl(20, 68%, 55%)  Chocolate
#db3fa7  rgb(219, 63, 167)  hsl(320, 68%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#a7db3f  rgb(167, 219, 63)  hsl(80, 68%, 55%)  Yellow Green