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#369ECE

#369ece ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ece 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 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.79% cyan, 23.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 198.95°, with 60.8% saturation and 50.98% 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 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.92.

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Relative luminance0.2969

Complementary

  1. #369ece
  2. #ce6636

Split complementary

  1. #369ece
  2. #ce3652
  3. #ceb236

Analogous

  1. #36ceb2
  2. #369ece
  3. #3652ce

Triadic

  1. #369ece
  2. #ce369e
  3. #9ece36

Tetradic

  1. #369ece
  2. #6636ce
  3. #ce6636
  4. #9ece36

Square

  1. #369ece
  2. #b236ce
  3. #ce6636
  4. #52ce36

Monochromatic

  1. #154156
  2. #247094
  3. #369ece
  4. #74bcdd
  5. #b1d9ec

Shades

#369ece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ece
  2. #318eb9
  3. #2b7ea5
  4. #266f90
  5. #205f7c
  6. #1b4f67
  7. #163f52
  8. #102f3e
  9. #0b2029
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ece
  2. #4aa8d3
  3. #5eb1d8
  4. #72bbdd
  5. #86c5e2
  6. #9bcfe7
  7. #afd8eb
  8. #c3e2f0
  9. #d7ecf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ece
  2. #3d9bc6
  3. #4598be
  4. #4c95b7
  5. #5492af
  6. #5b8fa7
  7. #628c9f
  8. #6a8997
  9. #718690
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #869cd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #728ecd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9dcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f95ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ece {
  color: #369ece;
}
Background
.bg-369ece {
  background-color: #369ece;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ece {
  border: 2px solid #369ece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 61% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ece, #3652ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.92 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.04 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.63 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.15 #c96131 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ece  rgb(54, 158, 206)  hsl(199, 61%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ce6636  rgb(206, 102, 54)  hsl(19, 61%, 51%)  Flame
#ce369e  rgb(206, 54, 158)  hsl(319, 61%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9ece36  rgb(158, 206, 54)  hsl(79, 61%, 51%)  Yellow Green