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#369EE7

#369ee7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ee7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.62% cyan, 31.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 204.75°, with 78.67% saturation and 55.88% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.22.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3101

Complementary

  1. #369ee7
  2. #e77f36

Split complementary

  1. #369ee7
  2. #e73645
  3. #e7d836

Analogous

  1. #36e7d8
  2. #369ee7
  3. #3645e7

Triadic

  1. #369ee7
  2. #e7369e
  3. #9ee736

Tetradic

  1. #369ee7
  2. #7f36e7
  3. #e77f36
  4. #9ee736

Square

  1. #369ee7
  2. #d836e7
  3. #e77f36
  4. #45e736

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4b76
  2. #1677ba
  3. #369ee7
  4. #7abfef
  5. #bfe0f7

Shades

#369ee7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ee7
  2. #318ed0
  3. #2b7eb9
  4. #266fa2
  5. #205f8b
  6. #1b4f74
  7. #163f5c
  8. #102f45
  9. #0b202e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ee7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ee7
  2. #4aa8e9
  3. #5eb1ec
  4. #72bbee
  5. #86c5f1
  6. #9bcff3
  7. #afd8f5
  8. #c3e2f8
  9. #d7ecfa
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ee7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ee7
  2. #3d9bdd
  3. #4598d2
  4. #4c95c8
  5. #5492be
  6. #5b8fb4
  7. #628ca9
  8. #6a899f
  9. #718695
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9abc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca0ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6390e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679fe9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5596e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ee7 {
  color: #369ee7;
}
Background
.bg-369ee7 {
  background-color: #369ee7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ee7 {
  border: 2px solid #369ee7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ee7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 79% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ee7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ee7, #3645e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ee7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.50 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.53 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.47 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.09 #c96118 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ee7  rgb(54, 158, 231)  hsl(205, 79%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e77f36  rgb(231, 127, 54)  hsl(25, 79%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#e7369e  rgb(231, 54, 158)  hsl(325, 79%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9ee736  rgb(158, 231, 54)  hsl(85, 79%, 56%)  Inchworm