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#359EF4

#359ef4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#359ef4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 61.96% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.28% cyan, 35.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 207.02°, with 89.67% saturation and 58.24% 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 7.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.4.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3174

Complementary

  1. #359ef4
  2. #f48b35

Split complementary

  1. #359ef4
  2. #f4353f
  3. #f4eb35

Analogous

  1. #35f4eb
  2. #359ef4
  3. #353ff4

Triadic

  1. #359ef4
  2. #f4359e
  3. #9ef435

Tetradic

  1. #359ef4
  2. #8b35f4
  3. #f48b35
  4. #9ef435

Square

  1. #359ef4
  2. #eb35f4
  3. #f48b35
  4. #3ff435

Monochromatic

  1. #074e89
  2. #0b78d1
  3. #359ef4
  4. #7ec1f8
  5. #c6e4fc

Shades

#359ef4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #359ef4
  2. #308edc
  3. #2a7ec3
  4. #256fab
  5. #205f92
  6. #1b4f7a
  7. #153f62
  8. #102f49
  9. #0b2031
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#359ef4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #359ef4
  2. #49a8f5
  3. #5db1f6
  4. #72bbf7
  5. #86c5f8
  6. #9acffa
  7. #aed8fb
  8. #c2e2fc
  9. #d7ecfd
  10. #ebf5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#359ef4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #359ef4
  2. #3d9be8
  3. #4498dd
  4. #4c95d1
  5. #5392c6
  6. #5b8fba
  7. #628cae
  8. #6a89a3
  9. #718697
  10. #79838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9bc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a2f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a91f2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a1f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d96f3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-359ef4 {
  color: #359ef4;
}
Background
.bg-359ef4 {
  background-color: #359ef4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-359ef4 {
  border: 2px solid #359ef4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #359ef4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 158 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 90% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-359ef4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #359ef4, #353ff4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-359ef4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 158 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.91 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.60 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.55 #ca610b Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#359ef4  rgb(53, 158, 244)  hsl(207, 90%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#f48b35  rgb(244, 139, 53)  hsl(27, 90%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#f4359e  rgb(244, 53, 158)  hsl(327, 90%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#9ef435  rgb(158, 244, 53)  hsl(87, 90%, 58%)  Green Yellow