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#3FA8EA

#3fa8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.08% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.16°, 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.5.

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Relative luminance0.35

Complementary

  1. #3fa8ea
  2. #ea813f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa8ea
  2. #ea3f53
  3. #ead73f

Analogous

  1. #3fead7
  2. #3fa8ea
  3. #3f53ea

Triadic

  1. #3fa8ea
  2. #ea3fa8
  3. #a8ea3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa8ea
  2. #813fea
  3. #ea813f
  4. #a8ea3f

Square

  1. #3fa8ea
  2. #d73fea
  3. #ea813f
  4. #53ea3f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5582
  2. #1682c7
  3. #3fa8ea
  4. #84c7f2
  5. #c9e7f9

Shades

#3fa8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa8ea
  2. #3997d3
  3. #3286bb
  4. #2c76a4
  5. #26658c
  6. #205475
  7. #19435e
  8. #133246
  9. #0d222f
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa8ea
  2. #52b1ec
  3. #65b9ee
  4. #79c2f0
  5. #8ccbf2
  6. #9fd4f5
  7. #b2dcf7
  8. #c5e5f9
  9. #d9eefb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa8ea
  2. #46a4df
  3. #4ca0d5
  4. #539cca
  5. #5998c0
  6. #6094b5
  7. #6690aa
  8. #6d8ca0
  9. #738895
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a3c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a9ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7299e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73a8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #619fe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa8ea {
  color: #3fa8ea;
}
Background
.bg-3fa8ea {
  background-color: #3fa8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa8ea {
  border: 2px solid #3fa8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa8ea, #3f53ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.04 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.68 #c05715 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa8ea  rgb(63, 168, 234)  hsl(203, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea813f  rgb(234, 129, 63)  hsl(23, 80%, 58%)  Mango Tango
#ea3fa8  rgb(234, 63, 168)  hsl(323, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a8ea3f  rgb(168, 234, 63)  hsl(83, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm