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#39AFFE

#39affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#39affe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.56% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 204.06°, with 98.99% saturation and 60.98% 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 8.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.9.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3869

Complementary

  1. #39affe
  2. #fe8839

Split complementary

  1. #39affe
  2. #fe394d
  3. #feea39

Analogous

  1. #39feea
  2. #39affe
  3. #394dfe

Triadic

  1. #39affe
  2. #fe39af
  3. #affe39

Tetradic

  1. #39affe
  2. #8839fe
  3. #fe8839
  4. #affe39

Square

  1. #39affe
  2. #ea39fe
  3. #fe8839
  4. #4dfe39

Monochromatic

  1. #015e9d
  2. #018ce9
  3. #39affe
  4. #85cefe
  5. #d1edff

Shades

#39affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #39affe
  2. #339ee5
  3. #2e8ccb
  4. #287bb2
  5. #226998
  6. #1d587f
  7. #174666
  8. #11354c
  9. #0b2333
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#39affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #39affe
  2. #4db7fe
  3. #61bffe
  4. #74c7fe
  5. #88cffe
  6. #9cd7ff
  7. #b0dfff
  8. #c4e7ff
  9. #d7efff
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#39affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #39affe
  2. #40aaf1
  3. #47a6e5
  4. #4ea1d8
  5. #559ccc
  6. #5d98bf
  7. #6493b2
  8. #6b8ea6
  9. #728999
  10. #79858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89aad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9ffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ea6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-39affe {
  color: #39affe;
}
Background
.bg-39affe {
  background-color: #39affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-39affe {
  border: 2px solid #39affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #39affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 99% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-39affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #39affe, #394dfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-39affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.72 #c65001 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#39affe  rgb(57, 175, 254)  hsl(204, 99%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8839  rgb(254, 136, 57)  hsl(24, 99%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#fe39af  rgb(254, 57, 175)  hsl(324, 99%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#affe39  rgb(175, 254, 57)  hsl(84, 99%, 61%)  Green Yellow