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#3EAFFE

#3eaffe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3eaffe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.59% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 204.69°, with 98.97% saturation and 61.96% 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.88.

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Relative luminance0.3884

Complementary

  1. #3eaffe
  2. #fe8d3e

Split complementary

  1. #3eaffe
  2. #fe3e4f
  3. #feed3e

Analogous

  1. #3efeed
  2. #3eaffe
  3. #3e4ffe

Triadic

  1. #3eaffe
  2. #fe3eaf
  3. #affe3e

Tetradic

  1. #3eaffe
  2. #8d3efe
  3. #fe8d3e
  4. #affe3e

Square

  1. #3eaffe
  2. #ed3efe
  3. #fe8d3e
  4. #4ffe3e

Monochromatic

  1. #0160a2
  2. #018dee
  3. #3eaffe
  4. #8acffe
  5. #d6eeff

Shades

#3eaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3eaffe
  2. #389ee5
  3. #328ccb
  4. #2b7bb2
  5. #256998
  6. #1f587f
  7. #194666
  8. #13354c
  9. #0c2333
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#3eaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3eaffe
  2. #51b7fe
  3. #65bffe
  4. #78c7fe
  5. #8bcffe
  6. #9fd7ff
  7. #b2dfff
  8. #c5e7ff
  9. #d8efff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3eaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3eaffe
  2. #45aaf1
  3. #4ba6e5
  4. #52a1d8
  5. #589ccc
  6. #5f98bf
  7. #6693b2
  8. #6c8ea6
  9. #738999
  10. #79858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aaad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #709ffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3eaffe {
  color: #3eaffe;
}
Background
.bg-3eaffe {
  background-color: #3eaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3eaffe {
  border: 2px solid #3eaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3eaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 99% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3eaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eaffe, #3e4ffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3eaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.26 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.97 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.01 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.71 #c15001 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3eaffe  rgb(62, 175, 254)  hsl(205, 99%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8d3e  rgb(254, 141, 62)  hsl(25, 99%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#fe3eaf  rgb(254, 62, 175)  hsl(325, 99%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#affe3e  rgb(175, 254, 62)  hsl(85, 99%, 62%)  Green Yellow