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#369EE3

#369ee3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ee3 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 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.21% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 203.93°, with 75.55% saturation and 55.1% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.9.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3078

Complementary

  1. #369ee3
  2. #e37b36

Split complementary

  1. #369ee3
  2. #e33648
  3. #e3d236

Analogous

  1. #36e3d2
  2. #369ee3
  3. #3648e3

Triadic

  1. #369ee3
  2. #e3369e
  3. #9ee336

Tetradic

  1. #369ee3
  2. #7b36e3
  3. #e37b36
  4. #9ee336

Square

  1. #369ee3
  2. #d236e3
  3. #e37b36
  4. #48e336

Monochromatic

  1. #104a70
  2. #1976b4
  3. #369ee3
  4. #79beec
  5. #bcdff6

Shades

#369ee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ee3
  2. #318ecc
  3. #2b7eb6
  4. #266f9f
  5. #205f88
  6. #1b4f72
  7. #163f5b
  8. #102f44
  9. #0b202d
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ee3
  2. #4aa8e6
  3. #5eb1e9
  4. #72bbeb
  5. #86c5ee
  6. #9bcff1
  7. #afd8f4
  8. #c3e2f7
  9. #d7ecf9
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ee3
  2. #3d9bd9
  3. #4598cf
  4. #4c95c5
  5. #5492bb
  6. #5b8fb2
  7. #628ca8
  8. #6a899e
  9. #718694
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9aba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea0e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #668fe2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689fe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5796e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ee3 {
  color: #369ee3;
}
Background
.bg-369ee3 {
  background-color: #369ee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ee3 {
  border: 2px solid #369ee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 76% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ee3, #3648e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.90 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.81 #c9611c Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ee3  rgb(54, 158, 227)  hsl(204, 76%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#e37b36  rgb(227, 123, 54)  hsl(24, 76%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#e3369e  rgb(227, 54, 158)  hsl(324, 76%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9ee336  rgb(158, 227, 54)  hsl(84, 76%, 55%)  Inchworm