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#369EEA

#369eea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369eea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.96% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.92% cyan, 32.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 205.33°, with 81.08% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.48.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3118

Complementary

  1. #369eea
  2. #ea8236

Split complementary

  1. #369eea
  2. #ea3644
  3. #eadc36

Analogous

  1. #36eadc
  2. #369eea
  3. #3644ea

Triadic

  1. #369eea
  2. #ea369e
  3. #9eea36

Tetradic

  1. #369eea
  2. #8236ea
  3. #ea8236
  4. #9eea36

Square

  1. #369eea
  2. #dc36ea
  3. #ea8236
  4. #44ea36

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4c7a
  2. #1477bf
  3. #369eea
  4. #7bbff1
  5. #c1e1f8

Shades

#369eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369eea
  2. #318ed3
  3. #2b7ebb
  4. #266fa4
  5. #205f8c
  6. #1b4f75
  7. #163f5e
  8. #102f46
  9. #0b202f
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#369eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369eea
  2. #4aa8ec
  3. #5eb1ee
  4. #72bbf0
  5. #86c5f2
  6. #9bcff5
  7. #afd8f7
  8. #c3e2f9
  9. #d7ecfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369eea
  2. #3d9bdf
  3. #4598d5
  4. #4c95ca
  5. #5492c0
  6. #5b8fb5
  7. #628caa
  8. #6a89a0
  9. #718695
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9abe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6190e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a0ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5396e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369eea {
  color: #369eea;
}
Background
.bg-369eea {
  background-color: #369eea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369eea {
  border: 2px solid #369eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369eea, #3644ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.26 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.17 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.29 #c96115 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369eea  rgb(54, 158, 234)  hsl(205, 81%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ea8236  rgb(234, 130, 54)  hsl(25, 81%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea369e  rgb(234, 54, 158)  hsl(325, 81%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9eea36  rgb(158, 234, 54)  hsl(85, 81%, 56%)  Inchworm