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#369ED2

#369ed2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ed2 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 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.29% cyan, 24.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 63.41% saturation and 51.76% 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 6.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.25.

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Relative luminance0.2989

Complementary

  1. #369ed2
  2. #d26a36

Split complementary

  1. #369ed2
  2. #d23650
  3. #d2b836

Analogous

  1. #36d2b8
  2. #369ed2
  3. #3650d2

Triadic

  1. #369ed2
  2. #d2369e
  3. #9ed236

Tetradic

  1. #369ed2
  2. #6a36d2
  3. #d26a36
  4. #9ed236

Square

  1. #369ed2
  2. #b836d2
  3. #d26a36
  4. #50d236

Monochromatic

  1. #14435b
  2. #227299
  3. #369ed2
  4. #74bce0
  5. #b3daee

Shades

#369ed2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ed2
  2. #318ebd
  3. #2b7ea8
  4. #266f93
  5. #205f7e
  6. #1b4f69
  7. #163f54
  8. #102f3f
  9. #0b202a
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ed2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ed2
  2. #4aa8d7
  3. #5eb1db
  4. #72bbe0
  5. #86c5e4
  6. #9bcfe9
  7. #afd8ed
  8. #c3e2f2
  9. #d7ecf6
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ed2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ed2
  2. #3d9bca
  3. #4598c2
  4. #4c95b9
  5. #5492b1
  6. #5b8fa9
  7. #628ca1
  8. #6a8999
  9. #718690
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859dd4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #708ed1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9dd3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e95d1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ed2 {
  color: #369ed2;
}
Background
.bg-369ed2 {
  background-color: #369ed2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ed2 {
  border: 2px solid #369ed2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ed2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 63% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ed2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ed2, #3650d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ed2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 210 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.68 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.09 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.63 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.28 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.56 #c9612d Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ed2  rgb(54, 158, 210)  hsl(200, 63%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#d26a36  rgb(210, 106, 54)  hsl(20, 63%, 52%)  Chocolate
#d2369e  rgb(210, 54, 158)  hsl(320, 63%, 52%)  Mulberry
#9ed236  rgb(158, 210, 54)  hsl(80, 63%, 52%)  Yellow Green