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#369EDB

#369edb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369edb 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.34% cyan, 27.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 202.18°, with 69.62% saturation and 53.53% 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 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.58.

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Relative luminance0.3035

Complementary

  1. #369edb
  2. #db7336

Split complementary

  1. #369edb
  2. #db364c
  3. #dbc536

Analogous

  1. #36dbc5
  2. #369edb
  3. #364cdb

Triadic

  1. #369edb
  2. #db369e
  3. #9edb36

Tetradic

  1. #369edb
  2. #7336db
  3. #db7336
  4. #9edb36

Square

  1. #369edb
  2. #c536db
  3. #db7336
  4. #4cdb36

Monochromatic

  1. #124766
  2. #1e74a7
  3. #369edb
  4. #77bde7
  5. #b8ddf2

Shades

#369edb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369edb
  2. #318ec5
  3. #2b7eaf
  4. #266f99
  5. #205f83
  6. #1b4f6e
  7. #163f58
  8. #102f42
  9. #0b202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369edb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369edb
  2. #4aa8df
  3. #5eb1e2
  4. #72bbe6
  5. #86c5e9
  6. #9bcfed
  7. #afd8f1
  8. #c3e2f4
  9. #d7ecf8
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369edb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369edb
  2. #3d9bd2
  3. #4598c9
  4. #4c95c0
  5. #5492b7
  6. #5b8fae
  7. #628ca4
  8. #6a899b
  9. #718692
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b99b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819ede ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b8fda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9edd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a95da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369edb {
  color: #369edb;
}
Background
.bg-369edb {
  background-color: #369edb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369edb {
  border: 2px solid #369edb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369edb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369edb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369edb, #364cdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369edb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.75 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.82 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.21 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.22 #c96124 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369edb  rgb(54, 158, 219)  hsl(202, 70%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#db7336  rgb(219, 115, 54)  hsl(22, 70%, 54%)  Chocolate
#db369e  rgb(219, 54, 158)  hsl(322, 70%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9edb36  rgb(158, 219, 54)  hsl(82, 70%, 54%)  Yellow Green