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#3FAEFA

#3faefa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3faefa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 68.24% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.8% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.39°, 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.46.

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Relative luminance0.3823

Complementary

  1. #3faefa
  2. #fa8b3f

Split complementary

  1. #3faefa
  2. #fa3f50
  3. #fae93f

Analogous

  1. #3ffae9
  2. #3faefa
  3. #3f50fa

Triadic

  1. #3faefa
  2. #fa3fae
  3. #aefa3f

Tetradic

  1. #3faefa
  2. #8b3ffa
  3. #fa8b3f
  4. #aefa3f

Square

  1. #3faefa
  2. #e93ffa
  3. #fa8b3f
  4. #50fa3f

Monochromatic

  1. #045e9c
  2. #068be6
  3. #3faefa
  4. #8acdfc
  5. #d4edfe

Shades

#3faefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3faefa
  2. #399de1
  3. #328bc8
  4. #2c7aaf
  5. #266896
  6. #20577d
  7. #194664
  8. #13344b
  9. #0d2332
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3faefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3faefa
  2. #52b6fb
  3. #65befb
  4. #79c6fc
  5. #8ccefc
  6. #9fd7fd
  7. #b2dffd
  8. #c5e7fe
  9. #d9effe
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3faefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3faefa
  2. #46a9ee
  3. #4ca5e2
  4. #53a0d5
  5. #599cc9
  6. #6097bd
  7. #6692b1
  8. #6d8ea5
  9. #738998
  10. #7a858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719ef9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74affc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a5f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3faefa {
  color: #3faefa;
}
Background
.bg-3faefa {
  background-color: #3faefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3faefa {
  border: 2px solid #3faefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3faefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 174 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3faefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3faefa, #3f50fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3faefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 174 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.26 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.83 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.12 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.34 #c05105 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3faefa  rgb(63, 174, 250)  hsl(204, 95%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fa8b3f  rgb(250, 139, 63)  hsl(24, 95%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa3fae  rgb(250, 63, 174)  hsl(324, 95%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#aefa3f  rgb(174, 250, 63)  hsl(84, 95%, 61%)  Green Yellow