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#369EDA

#369eda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369eda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.23% cyan, 27.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 201.95°, with 68.91% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.59.

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Relative luminance0.303

Complementary

  1. #369eda
  2. #da7236

Split complementary

  1. #369eda
  2. #da364c
  3. #dac436

Analogous

  1. #36dac4
  2. #369eda
  3. #364cda

Triadic

  1. #369eda
  2. #da369e
  3. #9eda36

Tetradic

  1. #369eda
  2. #7236da
  3. #da7236
  4. #9eda36

Square

  1. #369eda
  2. #c436da
  3. #da7236
  4. #4cda36

Monochromatic

  1. #124664
  2. #1e74a5
  3. #369eda
  4. #77bde6
  5. #b7dcf2

Shades

#369eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369eda
  2. #318ec4
  3. #2b7eae
  4. #266f99
  5. #205f83
  6. #1b4f6d
  7. #163f57
  8. #102f41
  9. #0b202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369eda
  2. #4aa8de
  3. #5eb1e1
  4. #72bbe5
  5. #86c5e9
  6. #9bcfed
  7. #afd8f0
  8. #c3e2f4
  9. #d7ecf8
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369eda
  2. #3d9bd1
  3. #4598c8
  4. #4c95bf
  5. #5492b6
  6. #5b8fad
  7. #628ca4
  8. #6a899b
  9. #718692
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b99b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829edd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b8fd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9edc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b95d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369eda {
  color: #369eda;
}
Background
.bg-369eda {
  background-color: #369eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369eda {
  border: 2px solid #369eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 69% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369eda, #364cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.03 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.09 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.15 #c96125 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369eda  rgb(54, 158, 218)  hsl(202, 69%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#da7236  rgb(218, 114, 54)  hsl(22, 69%, 53%)  Chocolate
#da369e  rgb(218, 54, 158)  hsl(322, 69%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9eda36  rgb(158, 218, 54)  hsl(82, 69%, 53%)  Yellow Green