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#369EDE

#369ede ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ede 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.68% cyan, 28.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 202.86°, with 71.79% saturation and 54.12% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.62.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3051

Complementary

  1. #369ede
  2. #de7636

Split complementary

  1. #369ede
  2. #de364a
  3. #deca36

Analogous

  1. #36deca
  2. #369ede
  3. #364ade

Triadic

  1. #369ede
  2. #de369e
  3. #9ede36

Tetradic

  1. #369ede
  2. #7636de
  3. #de7636
  4. #9ede36

Square

  1. #369ede
  2. #ca36de
  3. #de7636
  4. #4ade36

Monochromatic

  1. #11486a
  2. #1c75ab
  3. #369ede
  4. #78bee9
  5. #b9ddf4

Shades

#369ede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ede
  2. #318ec8
  3. #2b7eb2
  4. #266f9b
  5. #205f85
  6. #1b4f6f
  7. #163f59
  8. #102f43
  9. #0b202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ede
  2. #4aa8e1
  3. #5eb1e5
  4. #72bbe8
  5. #86c5eb
  6. #9bcfef
  7. #afd8f2
  8. #c3e2f5
  9. #d7ecf8
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ede
  2. #3d9bd5
  3. #4598cb
  4. #4c95c2
  5. #5492b8
  6. #5b8faf
  7. #628ca6
  8. #6a899c
  9. #718693
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b99b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809fe1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698fdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9ee0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5995dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ede {
  color: #369ede;
}
Background
.bg-369ede {
  background-color: #369ede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ede {
  border: 2px solid #369ede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 72% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ede, #364ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.31 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.36 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.50 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.44 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.49 #c96121 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ede  rgb(54, 158, 222)  hsl(203, 72%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#de7636  rgb(222, 118, 54)  hsl(23, 72%, 54%)  Chocolate
#de369e  rgb(222, 54, 158)  hsl(323, 72%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9ede36  rgb(158, 222, 54)  hsl(83, 72%, 54%)  Yellow Green