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#3FA7EA

#3fa7ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa7ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.08% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.51°, 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 7.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.35.

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Relative luminance0.3463

Complementary

  1. #3fa7ea
  2. #ea823f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa7ea
  2. #ea3f52
  3. #ead83f

Analogous

  1. #3fead8
  2. #3fa7ea
  3. #3f52ea

Triadic

  1. #3fa7ea
  2. #ea3fa7
  3. #a7ea3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa7ea
  2. #823fea
  3. #ea823f
  4. #a7ea3f

Square

  1. #3fa7ea
  2. #d83fea
  3. #ea823f
  4. #52ea3f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5582
  2. #1681c7
  3. #3fa7ea
  4. #84c7f2
  5. #c9e6f9

Shades

#3fa7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa7ea
  2. #3996d3
  3. #3286bb
  4. #2c75a4
  5. #26648c
  6. #205475
  7. #19435e
  8. #133246
  9. #0d212f
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa7ea
  2. #52b0ec
  3. #65b9ee
  4. #79c1f0
  5. #8ccaf2
  6. #9fd3f5
  7. #b2dcf7
  8. #c5e5f9
  9. #d9edfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa7ea
  2. #46a3df
  3. #4c9fd5
  4. #539bca
  5. #5997c0
  6. #6094b5
  7. #6690aa
  8. #6d8ca0
  9. #738895
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a2c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7098e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa7ea {
  color: #3fa7ea;
}
Background
.bg-3fa7ea {
  background-color: #3fa7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa7ea {
  border: 2px solid #3fa7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa7ea, #3f52ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.83 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.99 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.65 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.22 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.30 #c05815 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa7ea  rgb(63, 167, 234)  hsl(204, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea823f  rgb(234, 130, 63)  hsl(24, 80%, 58%)  Mango Tango
#ea3fa7  rgb(234, 63, 167)  hsl(324, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a7ea3f  rgb(167, 234, 63)  hsl(84, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm