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#3FA7FB

#3fa7fb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa7fb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.9% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 206.81°, with 95.92% saturation and 61.57% 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 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.84.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3566

Complementary

  1. #3fa7fb
  2. #fb933f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa7fb
  2. #fb3f49
  3. #fbf13f

Analogous

  1. #3ffbf1
  2. #3fa7fb
  3. #3f49fb

Triadic

  1. #3fa7fb
  2. #fb3fa7
  3. #a7fb3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa7fb
  2. #933ffb
  3. #fb933f
  4. #a7fb3f

Square

  1. #3fa7fb
  2. #f13ffb
  3. #fb933f
  4. #49fb3f

Monochromatic

  1. #03599e
  2. #0583e9
  3. #3fa7fb
  4. #8ac9fd
  5. #d5ecfe

Shades

#3fa7fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa7fb
  2. #3996e2
  3. #3286c9
  4. #2c75b0
  5. #266497
  6. #20547e
  7. #194364
  8. #13324b
  9. #0d2132
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa7fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa7fb
  2. #52b0fb
  3. #65b9fc
  4. #79c1fc
  5. #8ccafd
  6. #9fd3fd
  7. #b2dcfd
  8. #c5e5fe
  9. #d9edfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa7fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa7fb
  2. #46a3ef
  3. #4c9fe2
  4. #539bd6
  5. #5997ca
  6. #6094be
  7. #6690b1
  8. #6d8ca5
  9. #738899
  10. #7a848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a3cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80abff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6599f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca9fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589ffa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa7fb {
  color: #3fa7fb;
}
Background
.bg-3fa7fb {
  background-color: #3fa7fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa7fb {
  border: 2px solid #3fa7fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa7fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 167 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 96% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa7fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa7fb, #3f49fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa7fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 167 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.75 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.76 #c05804 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa7fb  rgb(63, 167, 251)  hsl(207, 96%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fb933f  rgb(251, 147, 63)  hsl(27, 96%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#fb3fa7  rgb(251, 63, 167)  hsl(327, 96%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a7fb3f  rgb(167, 251, 63)  hsl(87, 96%, 62%)  Green Yellow