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#369EEE

#369eee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369eee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.31% cyan, 33.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 206.09°, with 84.4% saturation and 57.25% 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 7.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.85.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3141

Complementary

  1. #369eee
  2. #ee8636

Split complementary

  1. #369eee
  2. #ee3642
  3. #eee236

Analogous

  1. #36eee2
  2. #369eee
  3. #3642ee

Triadic

  1. #369eee
  2. #ee369e
  3. #9eee36

Tetradic

  1. #369eee
  2. #8636ee
  3. #ee8636
  4. #9eee36

Square

  1. #369eee
  2. #e236ee
  3. #ee8636
  4. #42ee36

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4d80
  2. #1178c7
  3. #369eee
  4. #7dc0f4
  5. #c3e2fa

Shades

#369eee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369eee
  2. #318ed6
  3. #2b7ebe
  4. #266fa7
  5. #205f8f
  6. #1b4f77
  7. #163f5f
  8. #102f47
  9. #0b2030
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369eee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369eee
  2. #4aa8f0
  3. #5eb1f1
  4. #72bbf3
  5. #86c5f5
  6. #9bcff7
  7. #afd8f8
  8. #c3e2fa
  9. #d7ecfc
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369eee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369eee
  2. #3d9be3
  3. #4598d8
  4. #4c95cd
  5. #5492c2
  6. #5b8fb7
  7. #628cac
  8. #6a89a1
  9. #718696
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9ac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a1f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e90ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a0f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5196ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aad1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369eee {
  color: #369eee;
}
Background
.bg-369eee {
  background-color: #369eee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369eee {
  border: 2px solid #369eee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369eee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 84% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369eee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369eee, #3642ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369eee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.85 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.06 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.11 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.94 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.80 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.44 #c96111 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369eee  rgb(54, 158, 238)  hsl(206, 84%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ee8636  rgb(238, 134, 54)  hsl(26, 84%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ee369e  rgb(238, 54, 158)  hsl(326, 84%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9eee36  rgb(158, 238, 54)  hsl(86, 84%, 57%)  Inchworm