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#39ADEA

#39adea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#39adea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 67.84% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.64% cyan, 26.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 200.68°, with 80.82% saturation and 57.06% 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 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.79.

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Relative luminance0.367

Complementary

  1. #39adea
  2. #ea7639

Split complementary

  1. #39adea
  2. #ea3955
  3. #eacf39

Analogous

  1. #39eacf
  2. #39adea
  3. #3955ea

Triadic

  1. #39adea
  2. #ea39ad
  3. #adea39

Tetradic

  1. #39adea
  2. #7639ea
  3. #ea7639
  4. #adea39

Square

  1. #39adea
  2. #cf39ea
  3. #ea7639
  4. #55ea39

Monochromatic

  1. #0d567d
  2. #1586c2
  3. #39adea
  4. #7ecaf1
  5. #c3e6f9

Shades

#39adea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39adea
  2. #339cd3
  3. #2e8abb
  4. #2879a4
  5. #22688c
  6. #1d5775
  7. #17455e
  8. #113446
  9. #0b232f
  10. #061117
  11. #000000

Tints

#39adea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39adea
  2. #4db5ec
  3. #61bdee
  4. #74c6f0
  5. #88cef2
  6. #9cd6f5
  7. #b0def7
  8. #c4e6f9
  9. #d7effb
  10. #ebf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39adea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39adea
  2. #40a9df
  3. #47a4d5
  4. #4ea0ca
  5. #559bc0
  6. #5d97b5
  7. #6492aa
  8. #6b8ea0
  9. #728995
  10. #79858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a7c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aced ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #789ce9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77adec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a3e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39adea {
  color: #39adea;
}
Background
.bg-39adea {
  background-color: #39adea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39adea {
  border: 2px solid #39adea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39adea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 173 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39adea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39adea, #3955ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39adea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 173 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.79 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.03 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.45 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.19 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.38 #c65215 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39adea  rgb(57, 173, 234)  hsl(201, 81%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7639  rgb(234, 118, 57)  hsl(21, 81%, 57%)  Mango Tango
#ea39ad  rgb(234, 57, 173)  hsl(321, 81%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#adea39  rgb(173, 234, 57)  hsl(81, 81%, 57%)  Inchworm