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#369EEB

#369eeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369eeb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.02% cyan, 32.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 205.52°, with 81.9% saturation and 56.67% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.57.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3124

Complementary

  1. #369eeb
  2. #eb8336

Split complementary

  1. #369eeb
  2. #eb3644
  3. #ebdd36

Analogous

  1. #36ebdd
  2. #369eeb
  3. #3644eb

Triadic

  1. #369eeb
  2. #eb369e
  3. #9eeb36

Tetradic

  1. #369eeb
  2. #8336eb
  3. #eb8336
  4. #9eeb36

Square

  1. #369eeb
  2. #dd36eb
  3. #eb8336
  4. #44eb36

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4c7c
  2. #1377c1
  3. #369eeb
  4. #7cc0f2
  5. #c1e1f9

Shades

#369eeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369eeb
  2. #318ed4
  3. #2b7ebc
  4. #266fa5
  5. #205f8d
  6. #1b4f76
  7. #163f5e
  8. #102f47
  9. #0b202f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369eeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369eeb
  2. #4aa8ed
  3. #5eb1ef
  4. #72bbf1
  5. #86c5f3
  6. #9bcff5
  7. #afd8f7
  8. #c3e2f9
  9. #d7ecfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369eeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369eeb
  2. #3d9be0
  3. #4598d6
  4. #4c95cb
  5. #5492c0
  6. #5b8fb6
  7. #628cab
  8. #6a89a0
  9. #718695
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9abf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa1ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6190ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a0ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5396ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369eeb {
  color: #369eeb;
}
Background
.bg-369eeb {
  background-color: #369eeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369eeb {
  border: 2px solid #369eeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369eeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 82% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369eeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369eeb, #3644eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369eeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.18 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.07 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.33 #c96114 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369eeb  rgb(54, 158, 235)  hsl(206, 82%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#eb8336  rgb(235, 131, 54)  hsl(26, 82%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb369e  rgb(235, 54, 158)  hsl(326, 82%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9eeb36  rgb(158, 235, 54)  hsl(86, 82%, 57%)  Inchworm