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#369CE2

#369ce2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ce2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.18% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.11% cyan, 30.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 204.42°, with 74.78% saturation and 54.9% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.12.

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Relative luminance0.3005

Complementary

  1. #369ce2
  2. #e27c36

Split complementary

  1. #369ce2
  2. #e23646
  3. #e2d236

Analogous

  1. #36e2d2
  2. #369ce2
  3. #3646e2

Triadic

  1. #369ce2
  2. #e2369c
  3. #9ce236

Tetradic

  1. #369ce2
  2. #7c36e2
  3. #e27c36
  4. #9ce236

Square

  1. #369ce2
  2. #d236e2
  3. #e27c36
  4. #46e236

Monochromatic

  1. #10486f
  2. #1a74b2
  3. #369ce2
  4. #79bdec
  5. #bcdef5

Shades

#369ce2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ce2
  2. #318ccb
  3. #2b7db5
  4. #266d9e
  5. #205e88
  6. #1b4e71
  7. #163e5a
  8. #102f44
  9. #0b1f2d
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ce2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ce2
  2. #4aa6e5
  3. #5eb0e8
  4. #72baeb
  5. #86c4ee
  6. #9bcef1
  7. #afd7f3
  8. #c3e1f6
  9. #d7ebf9
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ce2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ce2
  2. #3d99d8
  3. #4596ce
  4. #4c94c5
  5. #5491bb
  6. #5b8eb1
  7. #628ba7
  8. #6a889d
  9. #718694
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b9ee5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648ee1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679de4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5594e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ce2 {
  color: #369ce2;
}
Background
.bg-369ce2 {
  background-color: #369ce2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ce2 {
  border: 2px solid #369ce2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ce2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 156 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 75% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ce2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ce2, #3646e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ce2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 156 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.97 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.21 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.42 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.48 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.46 #c9631d Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ce2  rgb(54, 156, 226)  hsl(204, 75%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#e27c36  rgb(226, 124, 54)  hsl(24, 75%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#e2369c  rgb(226, 54, 156)  hsl(324, 75%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9ce236  rgb(156, 226, 54)  hsl(84, 75%, 55%)  Inchworm