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#3FA8F4

#3fa8f4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa8f4 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 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.18% cyan, 31.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 205.19°, with 89.16% saturation and 60.2% 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 4.25.

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Relative luminance0.3559

Complementary

  1. #3fa8f4
  2. #f48b3f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa8f4
  2. #f43f4e
  3. #f4e53f

Analogous

  1. #3ff4e5
  2. #3fa8f4
  3. #3f4ef4

Triadic

  1. #3fa8f4
  2. #f43fa8
  3. #a8f43f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa8f4
  2. #8b3ff4
  3. #f48b3f
  4. #a8f43f

Square

  1. #3fa8f4
  2. #e53ff4
  3. #f48b3f
  4. #4ef43f

Monochromatic

  1. #085892
  2. #0c84da
  3. #3fa8f4
  4. #87c9f8
  5. #d0eafc

Shades

#3fa8f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa8f4
  2. #3997dc
  3. #3286c3
  4. #2c76ab
  5. #266592
  6. #20547a
  7. #194362
  8. #133249
  9. #0d2231
  10. #061118
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa8f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa8f4
  2. #52b1f5
  3. #65b9f6
  4. #79c2f7
  5. #8ccbf8
  6. #9fd4fa
  7. #b2dcfb
  8. #c5e5fc
  9. #d9eefd
  10. #ecf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa8f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa8f4
  2. #46a4e8
  3. #4ca0dd
  4. #539cd1
  5. #5998c6
  6. #6094ba
  7. #6690ae
  8. #6d8ca3
  9. #738897
  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 #85a4c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85aaf7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c99f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a9f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9ff3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa8f4 {
  color: #3fa8f4;
}
Background
.bg-3fa8f4 {
  background-color: #3fa8f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa8f4 {
  border: 2px solid #3fa8f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa8f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 168 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 89% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa8f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa8f4, #3f4ef4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa8f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 168 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.70 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.10 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.10 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.14 #c0570b Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa8f4  rgb(63, 168, 244)  hsl(205, 89%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#f48b3f  rgb(244, 139, 63)  hsl(25, 89%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#f43fa8  rgb(244, 63, 168)  hsl(325, 89%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a8f43f  rgb(168, 244, 63)  hsl(85, 89%, 60%)  Green Yellow