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#3FA8FA

#3fa8fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa8fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.8% cyan, 32.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.31°, 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.8.

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Relative luminance0.3596

Complementary

  1. #3fa8fa
  2. #fa913f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa8fa
  2. #fa3f4a
  3. #faee3f

Analogous

  1. #3ffaee
  2. #3fa8fa
  3. #3f4afa

Triadic

  1. #3fa8fa
  2. #fa3fa8
  3. #a8fa3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa8fa
  2. #913ffa
  3. #fa913f
  4. #a8fa3f

Square

  1. #3fa8fa
  2. #ee3ffa
  3. #fa913f
  4. #4afa3f

Monochromatic

  1. #04599c
  2. #0684e6
  3. #3fa8fa
  4. #8acafc
  5. #d4ecfe

Shades

#3fa8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa8fa
  2. #3997e1
  3. #3286c8
  4. #2c76af
  5. #266596
  6. #20547d
  7. #194364
  8. #13324b
  9. #0d2232
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa8fa
  2. #52b1fb
  3. #65b9fb
  4. #79c2fc
  5. #8ccbfc
  6. #9fd4fd
  7. #b2dcfd
  8. #c5e5fe
  9. #d9eefe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa8fa
  2. #46a4ee
  3. #4ca0e2
  4. #539cd5
  5. #5998c9
  6. #6094bd
  7. #6690b1
  8. #6d8ca5
  9. #738898
  10. #7a848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a4cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82abfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #689af8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6daafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5aa0f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa8fa {
  color: #3fa8fa;
}
Background
.bg-3fa8fa {
  background-color: #3fa8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa8fa {
  border: 2px solid #3fa8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 168 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa8fa, #3f4afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 168 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.72 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.92 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.13 #c05705 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa8fa  rgb(63, 168, 250)  hsl(206, 95%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fa913f  rgb(250, 145, 63)  hsl(26, 95%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa3fa8  rgb(250, 63, 168)  hsl(326, 95%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a8fa3f  rgb(168, 250, 63)  hsl(86, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow