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#3FA7FA

#3fa7fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa7fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.8% cyan, 33.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.63°, 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 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.75.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.356

Complementary

  1. #3fa7fa
  2. #fa923f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa7fa
  2. #fa3f49
  3. #faef3f

Analogous

  1. #3ffaef
  2. #3fa7fa
  3. #3f49fa

Triadic

  1. #3fa7fa
  2. #fa3fa7
  3. #a7fa3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa7fa
  2. #923ffa
  3. #fa923f
  4. #a7fa3f

Square

  1. #3fa7fa
  2. #ef3ffa
  3. #fa923f
  4. #49fa3f

Monochromatic

  1. #04599c
  2. #0683e6
  3. #3fa7fa
  4. #8ac9fc
  5. #d4ebfe

Shades

#3fa7fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa7fa
  2. #3996e1
  3. #3286c8
  4. #2c75af
  5. #266496
  6. #20547d
  7. #194364
  8. #13324b
  9. #0d2132
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa7fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa7fa
  2. #52b0fb
  3. #65b9fb
  4. #79c1fc
  5. #8ccafc
  6. #9fd3fd
  7. #b2dcfd
  8. #c5e5fe
  9. #d9edfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa7fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa7fa
  2. #46a3ee
  3. #4c9fe2
  4. #539bd5
  5. #5997c9
  6. #6094bd
  7. #6690b1
  8. #6d8ca5
  9. #738898
  10. #7a848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a3cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81aafe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6699f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca9fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599ff9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa7fa {
  color: #3fa7fa;
}
Background
.bg-3fa7fa {
  background-color: #3fa7fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa7fa {
  border: 2px solid #3fa7fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa7fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 167 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa7fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa7fa, #3f49fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa7fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 167 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.72 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.49 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.60 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.82 #c05805 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa7fa  rgb(63, 167, 250)  hsl(207, 95%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fa923f  rgb(250, 146, 63)  hsl(27, 95%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa3fa7  rgb(250, 63, 167)  hsl(327, 95%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a7fa3f  rgb(167, 250, 63)  hsl(87, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow