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#369DEC

#369dec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369dec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.12% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 206.04°, 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 7.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.8.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3095

Complementary

  1. #369dec
  2. #ec8536

Split complementary

  1. #369dec
  2. #ec3642
  3. #ece036

Analogous

  1. #36ece0
  2. #369dec
  3. #3642ec

Triadic

  1. #369dec
  2. #ec369d
  3. #9dec36

Tetradic

  1. #369dec
  2. #8536ec
  3. #ec8536
  4. #9dec36

Square

  1. #369dec
  2. #e036ec
  3. #ec8536
  4. #42ec36

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4c7d
  2. #1276c3
  3. #369dec
  4. #7cbff3
  5. #c2e1f9

Shades

#369dec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369dec
  2. #318dd4
  3. #2b7ebd
  4. #266ea5
  5. #205e8e
  6. #1b4f76
  7. #163f5e
  8. #102f47
  9. #0b1f2f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369dec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369dec
  2. #4aa7ee
  3. #5eb1f0
  4. #72baf2
  5. #86c4f4
  6. #9bcef6
  7. #afd8f7
  8. #c3e2f9
  9. #d7ebfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369dec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369dec
  2. #3d9ae1
  3. #4597d6
  4. #4c94cc
  5. #5491c1
  6. #5b8fb6
  7. #628cab
  8. #6a89a0
  9. #718696
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c99bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a0ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e90ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649fee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5195eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369dec {
  color: #369dec;
}
Background
.bg-369dec {
  background-color: #369dec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369dec {
  border: 2px solid #369dec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369dec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369dec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369dec, #3642ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369dec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.13 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.79 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.72 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.11 #c96213 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369dec  rgb(54, 157, 236)  hsl(206, 83%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ec8536  rgb(236, 133, 54)  hsl(26, 83%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec369d  rgb(236, 54, 157)  hsl(326, 83%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9dec36  rgb(157, 236, 54)  hsl(86, 83%, 57%)  Inchworm