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#369DE8

#369de8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369de8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.57% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.72% cyan, 32.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 205.28°, with 79.46% saturation and 56.08% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3072

Complementary

  1. #369de8
  2. #e88136

Split complementary

  1. #369de8
  2. #e83644
  3. #e8da36

Analogous

  1. #36e8da
  2. #369de8
  3. #3644e8

Triadic

  1. #369de8
  2. #e8369d
  3. #9de836

Tetradic

  1. #369de8
  2. #8136e8
  3. #e88136
  4. #9de836

Square

  1. #369de8
  2. #da36e8
  3. #e88136
  4. #44e836

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4b77
  2. #1676bc
  3. #369de8
  4. #7bbef0
  5. #bfe0f8

Shades

#369de8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369de8
  2. #318dd1
  3. #2b7eba
  4. #266ea2
  5. #205e8b
  6. #1b4f74
  7. #163f5d
  8. #102f46
  9. #0b1f2e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#369de8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369de8
  2. #4aa7ea
  3. #5eb1ed
  4. #72baef
  5. #86c4f1
  6. #9bcef4
  7. #afd8f6
  8. #c3e2f8
  9. #d7ebfa
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369de8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369de8
  2. #3d9ade
  3. #4597d3
  4. #4c94c9
  5. #5491be
  6. #5b8fb4
  7. #628caa
  8. #6a899f
  9. #718695
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b99bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa0eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #618fe7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669fea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5395e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369de8 {
  color: #369de8;
}
Background
.bg-369de8 {
  background-color: #369de8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369de8 {
  border: 2px solid #369de8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369de8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 79% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369de8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369de8, #3644e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369de8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.44 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.11 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.13 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.10 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.96 #c96217 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369de8  rgb(54, 157, 232)  hsl(205, 79%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e88136  rgb(232, 129, 54)  hsl(25, 79%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#e8369d  rgb(232, 54, 157)  hsl(325, 79%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9de836  rgb(157, 232, 54)  hsl(85, 79%, 56%)  Inchworm