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#3FA8EB

#3fa8eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa8eb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.19% cyan, 28.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 203.37°, with 81.13% saturation and 58.43% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.56.

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Relative luminance0.3506

Complementary

  1. #3fa8eb
  2. #eb823f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa8eb
  2. #eb3f52
  3. #ebd83f

Analogous

  1. #3febd8
  2. #3fa8eb
  3. #3f52eb

Triadic

  1. #3fa8eb
  2. #eb3fa8
  3. #a8eb3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa8eb
  2. #823feb
  3. #eb823f
  4. #a8eb3f

Square

  1. #3fa8eb
  2. #d83feb
  3. #eb823f
  4. #52eb3f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5583
  2. #1583c9
  3. #3fa8eb
  4. #84c7f2
  5. #cae7f9

Shades

#3fa8eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa8eb
  2. #3997d4
  3. #3286bc
  4. #2c76a5
  5. #26658d
  6. #205476
  7. #19435e
  8. #133247
  9. #0d222f
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa8eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa8eb
  2. #52b1ed
  3. #65b9ef
  4. #79c2f1
  5. #8ccbf3
  6. #9fd4f5
  7. #b2dcf7
  8. #c5e5f9
  9. #d9eefb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa8eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa8eb
  2. #46a4e0
  3. #4ca0d6
  4. #539ccb
  5. #5998c0
  6. #6094b6
  7. #6690ab
  8. #6d8ca0
  9. #738895
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a3c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a9ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7199ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a9ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #619fea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa8eb {
  color: #3fa8eb;
}
Background
.bg-3fa8eb {
  background-color: #3fa8eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa8eb {
  border: 2px solid #3fa8eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa8eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 168 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 81% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa8eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa8eb, #3f52eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa8eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 168 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.74 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.92 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.60 #c05714 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa8eb  rgb(63, 168, 235)  hsl(203, 81%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#eb823f  rgb(235, 130, 63)  hsl(23, 81%, 58%)  Mango Tango
#eb3fa8  rgb(235, 63, 168)  hsl(323, 81%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a8eb3f  rgb(168, 235, 63)  hsl(83, 81%, 58%)  Inchworm