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#3FACE3

#3face3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3face3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 67.45% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.25% cyan, 24.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 200.12°, with 74.55% saturation and 56.86% 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 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3611

Complementary

  1. #3face3
  2. #e3763f

Split complementary

  1. #3face3
  2. #e33f5a
  3. #e3c83f

Analogous

  1. #3fe3c8
  2. #3face3
  3. #3f5ae3

Triadic

  1. #3face3
  2. #e33fac
  3. #ace33f

Tetradic

  1. #3face3
  2. #763fe3
  3. #e3763f
  4. #ace33f

Square

  1. #3face3
  2. #c83fe3
  3. #e3763f
  4. #5ae33f

Monochromatic

  1. #115578
  2. #1b85ba
  3. #3face3
  4. #82c9ed
  5. #c5e6f6

Shades

#3face3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3face3
  2. #399bcc
  3. #328ab6
  4. #2c789f
  5. #266788
  6. #205672
  7. #19455b
  8. #133444
  9. #0d222d
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3face3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3face3
  2. #52b4e6
  3. #65bde9
  4. #79c5eb
  5. #8ccdee
  6. #9fd6f1
  7. #b2def4
  8. #c5e6f7
  9. #d9eef9
  10. #ecf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3face3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3face3
  2. #46a8d9
  3. #4ca3cf
  4. #539fc5
  5. #599abb
  6. #6096b2
  7. #6692a8
  8. #6d8d9e
  9. #738994
  10. #7a848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a6bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91abe6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b9be2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79abe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a2e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3face3 {
  color: #3face3;
}
Background
.bg-3face3 {
  background-color: #3face3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3face3 {
  border: 2px solid #3face3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3face3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 172 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 75% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3face3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3face3, #3f5ae3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3face3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 172 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.53 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.43 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.28 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.53 #c0531c Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3face3  rgb(63, 172, 227)  hsl(200, 75%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#e3763f  rgb(227, 118, 63)  hsl(20, 75%, 57%)  Burnt Sienna
#e33fac  rgb(227, 63, 172)  hsl(320, 75%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#ace33f  rgb(172, 227, 63)  hsl(80, 75%, 57%)  Inchworm