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#369DEB

#369deb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369deb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.02% cyan, 33.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 205.86°, with 81.9% saturation and 56.67% 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 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.71.

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Relative luminance0.309

Complementary

  1. #369deb
  2. #eb8436

Split complementary

  1. #369deb
  2. #eb3643
  3. #ebdf36

Analogous

  1. #36ebdf
  2. #369deb
  3. #3643eb

Triadic

  1. #369deb
  2. #eb369d
  3. #9deb36

Tetradic

  1. #369deb
  2. #8436eb
  3. #eb8436
  4. #9deb36

Square

  1. #369deb
  2. #df36eb
  3. #eb8436
  4. #43eb36

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4c7c
  2. #1376c1
  3. #369deb
  4. #7cbff2
  5. #c1e1f9

Shades

#369deb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369deb
  2. #318dd4
  3. #2b7ebc
  4. #266ea5
  5. #205e8d
  6. #1b4f76
  7. #163f5e
  8. #102f47
  9. #0b1f2f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369deb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369deb
  2. #4aa7ed
  3. #5eb1ef
  4. #72baf1
  5. #86c4f3
  6. #9bcef5
  7. #afd8f7
  8. #c3e2f9
  9. #d7ebfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369deb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369deb
  2. #3d9ae0
  3. #4597d6
  4. #4c94cb
  5. #5491c0
  6. #5b8fb6
  7. #628cab
  8. #6a89a0
  9. #718695
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c99be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a0ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f8fea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5295ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369deb {
  color: #369deb;
}
Background
.bg-369deb {
  background-color: #369deb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369deb {
  border: 2px solid #369deb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369deb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 82% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369deb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369deb, #3643eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369deb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.12 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.87 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.81 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.07 #c96214 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369deb  rgb(54, 157, 235)  hsl(206, 82%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#eb8436  rgb(235, 132, 54)  hsl(26, 82%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb369d  rgb(235, 54, 157)  hsl(326, 82%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9deb36  rgb(157, 235, 54)  hsl(86, 82%, 57%)  Inchworm