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#369ECA

#369eca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369eca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.96% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.27% cyan, 21.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 197.84°, with 58.27% saturation and 50.2% 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 6.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.76.

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Relative luminance0.295

Complementary

  1. #369eca
  2. #ca6236

Split complementary

  1. #369eca
  2. #ca3654
  3. #caac36

Analogous

  1. #36caac
  2. #369eca
  3. #3654ca

Triadic

  1. #369eca
  2. #ca369e
  3. #9eca36

Tetradic

  1. #369eca
  2. #6236ca
  3. #ca6236
  4. #9eca36

Square

  1. #369eca
  2. #ac36ca
  3. #ca6236
  4. #54ca36

Monochromatic

  1. #154052
  2. #256f8e
  3. #369eca
  4. #73bbda
  5. #afd8ea

Shades

#369eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369eca
  2. #318eb6
  3. #2b7ea2
  4. #266f8d
  5. #205f79
  6. #1b4f65
  7. #163f51
  8. #102f3d
  9. #0b2028
  10. #051014
  11. #000000

Tints

#369eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369eca
  2. #4aa8cf
  3. #5eb1d5
  4. #72bbda
  5. #86c5df
  6. #9bcfe5
  7. #afd8ea
  8. #c3e2ef
  9. #d7ecf4
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369eca
  2. #3d9bc3
  3. #4598bb
  4. #4c95b4
  5. #5492ac
  6. #5b8fa5
  7. #628c9e
  8. #6a8996
  9. #71868f
  10. #798387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7998ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889ccc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #748dc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #709dcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6194ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369eca {
  color: #369eca;
}
Background
.bg-369eca {
  background-color: #369eca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369eca {
  border: 2px solid #369eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 58% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369eca, #3654ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.54 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.92 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.81 #c96135 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369eca  rgb(54, 158, 202)  hsl(198, 58%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ca6236  rgb(202, 98, 54)  hsl(18, 58%, 50%)  Flame
#ca369e  rgb(202, 54, 158)  hsl(318, 58%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#9eca36  rgb(158, 202, 54)  hsl(78, 58%, 50%)  Yellow Green