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#369BEC

#369bec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369bec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 60.78% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.12% cyan, 34.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 206.7°, with 82.73% saturation and 56.86% 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 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.14.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3028

Complementary

  1. #369bec
  2. #ec8736

Split complementary

  1. #369bec
  2. #ec3640
  3. #ece236

Analogous

  1. #36ece2
  2. #369bec
  3. #3640ec

Triadic

  1. #369bec
  2. #ec369b
  3. #9bec36

Tetradic

  1. #369bec
  2. #8736ec
  3. #ec8736
  4. #9bec36

Square

  1. #369bec
  2. #e236ec
  3. #ec8736
  4. #40ec36

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4b7d
  2. #1274c3
  3. #369bec
  4. #7cbef3
  5. #c2e1f9

Shades

#369bec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369bec
  2. #318cd4
  3. #2b7cbd
  4. #266da5
  5. #205d8e
  6. #1b4e76
  7. #163e5e
  8. #102f47
  9. #0b1f2f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369bec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369bec
  2. #4aa5ee
  3. #5eaff0
  4. #72b9f2
  5. #86c3f4
  6. #9bcdf6
  7. #afd7f7
  8. #c3e1f9
  9. #d7ebfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369bec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369bec
  2. #3d98e1
  3. #4596d6
  4. #4c93cc
  5. #5490c1
  6. #5b8eb6
  7. #628bab
  8. #6a88a0
  9. #718596
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b98be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759fef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #629dee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f93eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369bec {
  color: #369bec;
}
Background
.bg-369bec {
  background-color: #369bec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369bec {
  border: 2px solid #369bec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369bec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 155 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369bec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369bec, #3640ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369bec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 155 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.12 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.22 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.61 #c96413 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369bec  rgb(54, 155, 236)  hsl(207, 83%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ec8736  rgb(236, 135, 54)  hsl(27, 83%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec369b  rgb(236, 54, 155)  hsl(327, 83%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9bec36  rgb(155, 236, 54)  hsl(87, 83%, 57%)  Inchworm