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#369AEA

#369aea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369aea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 60.39% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.92% cyan, 34.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 206.67°, 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 6.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.17.

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Relative luminance0.2984

Complementary

  1. #369aea
  2. #ea8636

Split complementary

  1. #369aea
  2. #ea3640
  3. #eae036

Analogous

  1. #36eae0
  2. #369aea
  3. #3640ea

Triadic

  1. #369aea
  2. #ea369a
  3. #9aea36

Tetradic

  1. #369aea
  2. #8636ea
  3. #ea8636
  4. #9aea36

Square

  1. #369aea
  2. #e036ea
  3. #ea8636
  4. #40ea36

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4a7a
  2. #1473bf
  3. #369aea
  4. #7bbdf1
  5. #c1e0f8

Shades

#369aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369aea
  2. #318bd3
  3. #2b7bbb
  4. #266ca4
  5. #205c8c
  6. #1b4d75
  7. #163e5e
  8. #102e46
  9. #0b1f2f
  10. #050f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#369aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369aea
  2. #4aa4ec
  3. #5eaeee
  4. #72b8f0
  5. #86c2f2
  6. #9bcdf5
  7. #afd7f7
  8. #c3e1f9
  9. #d7ebfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369aea
  2. #3d97df
  3. #4595d5
  4. #4c92ca
  5. #5490c0
  6. #5b8db5
  7. #628aaa
  8. #6a88a0
  9. #718595
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a97bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759eed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8de8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #629cec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f92e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369aea {
  color: #369aea;
}
Background
.bg-369aea {
  background-color: #369aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369aea {
  border: 2px solid #369aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 154 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369aea, #3640ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 154 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.30 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.47 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.17 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.28 #c96515 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369aea  rgb(54, 154, 234)  hsl(207, 81%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ea8636  rgb(234, 134, 54)  hsl(27, 81%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea369a  rgb(234, 54, 154)  hsl(327, 81%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9aea36  rgb(154, 234, 54)  hsl(87, 81%, 56%)  Inchworm