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#3FA9DD

#3fa9dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa9dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 66.27% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.49% cyan, 23.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 199.75°, with 69.91% saturation and 55.69% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.05.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3465

Complementary

  1. #3fa9dd
  2. #dd733f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa9dd
  2. #dd3f5a
  3. #ddc23f

Analogous

  1. #3fddc2
  2. #3fa9dd
  3. #3f5add

Triadic

  1. #3fa9dd
  2. #dd3fa9
  3. #a9dd3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa9dd
  2. #733fdd
  3. #dd733f
  4. #a9dd3f

Square

  1. #3fa9dd
  2. #c23fdd
  3. #dd733f
  4. #5add3f

Monochromatic

  1. #14516f
  2. #1f81b0
  3. #3fa9dd
  4. #80c6e9
  5. #c1e3f4

Shades

#3fa9dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa9dd
  2. #3998c7
  3. #3287b1
  4. #2c769b
  5. #266585
  6. #20556f
  7. #194458
  8. #133342
  9. #0d222c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa9dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa9dd
  2. #52b2e0
  3. #65bae4
  4. #79c3e7
  5. #8ccbeb
  6. #9fd4ee
  7. #b2ddf1
  8. #c5e5f5
  9. #d9eef8
  10. #ecf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa9dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa9dd
  2. #46a5d4
  3. #4ca1ca
  4. #539dc1
  5. #5999b8
  6. #6095af
  7. #6690a5
  8. #6d8c9c
  9. #738893
  10. #7a8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a8df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a98dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a8de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #679fdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa9dd {
  color: #3fa9dd;
}
Background
.bg-3fa9dd {
  background-color: #3fa9dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa9dd {
  border: 2px solid #3fa9dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa9dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 169 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 70% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa9dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa9dd, #3f5add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa9dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 169 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.05 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.04 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.33 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.06 #c05622 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3fa9dd  rgb(63, 169, 221)  hsl(200, 70%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#dd733f  rgb(221, 115, 63)  hsl(20, 70%, 56%)  Burnt Sienna
#dd3fa9  rgb(221, 63, 169)  hsl(320, 70%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#a9dd3f  rgb(169, 221, 63)  hsl(80, 70%, 56%)  Yellow Green