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#3FAEFE

#3faefe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3faefe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 68.24% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.2% cyan, 31.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 205.13°, with 98.96% saturation and 62.16% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.74.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3848

Complementary

  1. #3faefe
  2. #fe8f3f

Split complementary

  1. #3faefe
  2. #fe3f4f
  3. #feee3f

Analogous

  1. #3ffeee
  2. #3faefe
  3. #3f4ffe

Triadic

  1. #3faefe
  2. #fe3fae
  3. #aefe3f

Tetradic

  1. #3faefe
  2. #8f3ffe
  3. #fe8f3f
  4. #aefe3f

Square

  1. #3faefe
  2. #ee3ffe
  3. #fe8f3f
  4. #4ffe3f

Monochromatic

  1. #015fa3
  2. #018cef
  3. #3faefe
  4. #8bcefe
  5. #d7eeff

Shades

#3faefe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3faefe
  2. #399de5
  3. #328bcb
  4. #2c7ab2
  5. #266898
  6. #20577f
  7. #194666
  8. #13344c
  9. #0d2333
  10. #061119
  11. #000000

Tints

#3faefe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3faefe
  2. #52b6fe
  3. #65befe
  4. #79c6fe
  5. #8ccefe
  6. #9fd7ff
  7. #b2dfff
  8. #c5e7ff
  9. #d9efff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3faefe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3faefe
  2. #46a9f1
  3. #4ca5e5
  4. #53a0d8
  5. #599ccc
  6. #6097bf
  7. #6692b2
  8. #6d8ea6
  9. #738999
  10. #7a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9ffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73afff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3faefe {
  color: #3faefe;
}
Background
.bg-3faefe {
  background-color: #3faefe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3faefe {
  border: 2px solid #3faefe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3faefe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 174 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 99% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3faefe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3faefe, #3f4ffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3faefe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 174 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.67 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.59 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.24 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.55 #c05101 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3faefe  rgb(63, 174, 254)  hsl(205, 99%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8f3f  rgb(254, 143, 63)  hsl(25, 99%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#fe3fae  rgb(254, 63, 174)  hsl(325, 99%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aefe3f  rgb(174, 254, 63)  hsl(85, 99%, 62%)  Green Yellow