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#3FAFFE

#3faffe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3faffe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.2% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 204.82°, 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.88.

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Relative luminance0.3887

Complementary

  1. #3faffe
  2. #fe8e3f

Split complementary

  1. #3faffe
  2. #fe3f50
  3. #feee3f

Analogous

  1. #3ffeee
  2. #3faffe
  3. #3f50fe

Triadic

  1. #3faffe
  2. #fe3faf
  3. #affe3f

Tetradic

  1. #3faffe
  2. #8e3ffe
  3. #fe8e3f
  4. #affe3f

Square

  1. #3faffe
  2. #ee3ffe
  3. #fe8e3f
  4. #50fe3f

Monochromatic

  1. #0160a3
  2. #018def
  3. #3faffe
  4. #8bcffe
  5. #d7eeff

Shades

#3faffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3faffe
  2. #399ee5
  3. #328ccb
  4. #2c7bb2
  5. #266998
  6. #20587f
  7. #194666
  8. #13354c
  9. #0d2333
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#3faffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3faffe
  2. #52b7fe
  3. #65bffe
  4. #79c7fe
  5. #8ccffe
  6. #9fd7ff
  7. #b2dfff
  8. #c5e7ff
  9. #d9efff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3faffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3faffe
  2. #46aaf1
  3. #4ca6e5
  4. #53a1d8
  5. #599ccc
  6. #6098bf
  7. #6693b2
  8. #6d8ea6
  9. #738999
  10. #7a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aabd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #70a0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3faffe {
  color: #3faffe;
}
Background
.bg-3faffe {
  background-color: #3faffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3faffe {
  border: 2px solid #3faffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3faffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 99% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3faffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3faffe, #3f50fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3faffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.48 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.99 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.71 #c05001 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3faffe  rgb(63, 175, 254)  hsl(205, 99%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8e3f  rgb(254, 142, 63)  hsl(25, 99%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#fe3faf  rgb(254, 63, 175)  hsl(325, 99%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#affe3f  rgb(175, 254, 63)  hsl(85, 99%, 62%)  Green Yellow