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#40A3FA

#40a3fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40a3fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 63.92% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.4% cyan, 34.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 208.06°, with 94.9% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3419

Complementary

  1. #40a3fa
  2. #fa9740

Split complementary

  1. #40a3fa
  2. #fa4046
  3. #faf440

Analogous

  1. #40faf4
  2. #40a3fa
  3. #4046fa

Triadic

  1. #40a3fa
  2. #fa40a3
  3. #a3fa40

Tetradic

  1. #40a3fa
  2. #9740fa
  3. #fa9740
  4. #a3fa40

Square

  1. #40a3fa
  2. #f440fa
  3. #fa9740
  4. #46fa40

Monochromatic

  1. #04559d
  2. #067ee7
  3. #40a3fa
  4. #8bc7fc
  5. #d5ebfe

Shades

#40a3fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40a3fa
  2. #3a93e1
  3. #3382c8
  4. #2d72af
  5. #266296
  6. #20527d
  7. #1a4164
  8. #13314b
  9. #0d2132
  10. #061019
  11. #000000

Tints

#40a3fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40a3fa
  2. #53acfb
  3. #66b5fb
  4. #79bffc
  5. #8cc8fc
  6. #a0d1fd
  7. #b3dafd
  8. #c6e3fe
  9. #d9edfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40a3fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40a3fa
  2. #46a0ee
  3. #4d9ce2
  4. #5399d5
  5. #5a95c9
  6. #6092bd
  7. #668eb1
  8. #6d8ba5
  9. #738798
  10. #7a848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a0ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba7fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6096f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #559bf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40a3fa {
  color: #40a3fa;
}
Background
.bg-40a3fa {
  background-color: #40a3fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40a3fa {
  border: 2px solid #40a3fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40a3fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 163 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40a3fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40a3fa, #4046fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40a3fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 163 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.66 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.98 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.32 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.13 #bf5c05 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#40a3fa  rgb(64, 163, 250)  hsl(208, 95%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fa9740  rgb(250, 151, 64)  hsl(28, 95%, 62%)  Neon Carrot
#fa40a3  rgb(250, 64, 163)  hsl(328, 95%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a3fa40  rgb(163, 250, 64)  hsl(88, 95%, 62%)  Green Yellow