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#3FAEFB

#3faefb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3faefb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.9% cyan, 30.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 204.57°, with 95.92% saturation and 61.57% 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 8.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.53.

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Relative luminance0.3829

Complementary

  1. #3faefb
  2. #fb8c3f

Split complementary

  1. #3faefb
  2. #fb3f50
  3. #fbea3f

Analogous

  1. #3ffbea
  2. #3faefb
  3. #3f50fb

Triadic

  1. #3faefb
  2. #fb3fae
  3. #aefb3f

Tetradic

  1. #3faefb
  2. #8c3ffb
  3. #fb8c3f
  4. #aefb3f

Square

  1. #3faefb
  2. #ea3ffb
  3. #fb8c3f
  4. #50fb3f

Monochromatic

  1. #035e9e
  2. #058be9
  3. #3faefb
  4. #8acefd
  5. #d5edfe

Shades

#3faefb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3faefb
  2. #399de2
  3. #328bc9
  4. #2c7ab0
  5. #266897
  6. #20577e
  7. #194664
  8. #13344b
  9. #0d2332
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3faefb mixed progressively with white.

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

Tones

#3faefb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3faefb
  2. #46a9ef
  3. #4ca5e2
  4. #53a0d6
  5. #599cca
  6. #6097be
  7. #6692b1
  8. #6d8ea5
  9. #738999
  10. #7a858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #709ffa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74affd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a5fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00badf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3faefb {
  color: #3faefb;
}
Background
.bg-3faefb {
  background-color: #3faefb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3faefb {
  border: 2px solid #3faefb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3faefb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 174 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 96% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3faefb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3faefb, #3f50fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3faefb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 174 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.25 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.76 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.45 #c05104 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3faefb  rgb(63, 174, 251)  hsl(205, 96%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fb8c3f  rgb(251, 140, 63)  hsl(25, 96%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#fb3fae  rgb(251, 63, 174)  hsl(325, 96%, 62%)  Persian Rose
#aefb3f  rgb(174, 251, 63)  hsl(85, 96%, 62%)  Green Yellow