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#369BED

#369bed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369bed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.22% cyan, 34.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 206.89°, with 83.56% saturation and 57.06% 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 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.22.

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Relative luminance0.3034

Complementary

  1. #369bed
  2. #ed8836

Split complementary

  1. #369bed
  2. #ed363f
  3. #ede436

Analogous

  1. #36ede4
  2. #369bed
  3. #363fed

Triadic

  1. #369bed
  2. #ed369b
  3. #9bed36

Tetradic

  1. #369bed
  2. #8836ed
  3. #ed8836
  4. #9bed36

Square

  1. #369bed
  2. #e436ed
  3. #ed8836
  4. #3fed36

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4b7f
  2. #1275c5
  3. #369bed
  4. #7cbef3
  5. #c2e1fa

Shades

#369bed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369bed
  2. #318cd5
  3. #2b7cbe
  4. #266da6
  5. #205d8e
  6. #1b4e77
  7. #163e5f
  8. #102f47
  9. #0b1f2f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369bed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369bed
  2. #4aa5ef
  3. #5eaff1
  4. #72b9f2
  5. #86c3f4
  6. #9bcdf6
  7. #afd7f8
  8. #c3e1fa
  9. #d7ebfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369bed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369bed
  2. #3d98e2
  3. #4596d7
  4. #4c93cc
  5. #5490c1
  6. #5b8eb7
  7. #628bac
  8. #6a88a1
  9. #718596
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b98bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759ff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a8eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #629def ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e93ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369bed {
  color: #369bed;
}
Background
.bg-369bed {
  background-color: #369bed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369bed {
  border: 2px solid #369bed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369bed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 155 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 84% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369bed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369bed, #363fed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369bed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 155 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.22 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.36 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.13 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.66 #c96412 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369bed  rgb(54, 155, 237)  hsl(207, 84%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ed8836  rgb(237, 136, 54)  hsl(27, 84%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ed369b  rgb(237, 54, 155)  hsl(327, 84%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9bed36  rgb(155, 237, 54)  hsl(87, 84%, 57%)  Inchworm