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#369EE8

#369ee8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ee8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.72% cyan, 31.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 204.94°, with 79.46% saturation and 56.08% 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 7.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3106

Complementary

  1. #369ee8
  2. #e88036

Split complementary

  1. #369ee8
  2. #e83645
  3. #e8d936

Analogous

  1. #36e8d9
  2. #369ee8
  3. #3645e8

Triadic

  1. #369ee8
  2. #e8369e
  3. #9ee836

Tetradic

  1. #369ee8
  2. #8036e8
  3. #e88036
  4. #9ee836

Square

  1. #369ee8
  2. #d936e8
  3. #e88036
  4. #45e836

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4b77
  2. #1677bc
  3. #369ee8
  4. #7bbff0
  5. #bfe0f8

Shades

#369ee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ee8
  2. #318ed1
  3. #2b7eba
  4. #266fa2
  5. #205f8b
  6. #1b4f74
  7. #163f5d
  8. #102f46
  9. #0b202e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ee8
  2. #4aa8ea
  3. #5eb1ed
  4. #72bbef
  5. #86c5f1
  6. #9bcff4
  7. #afd8f6
  8. #c3e2f8
  9. #d7ecfa
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ee8
  2. #3d9bde
  3. #4598d3
  4. #4c95c9
  5. #5492be
  6. #5b8fb4
  7. #628caa
  8. #6a899f
  9. #718695
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9abd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca0eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6390e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679fea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5496e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ee8 {
  color: #369ee8;
}
Background
.bg-369ee8 {
  background-color: #369ee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ee8 {
  border: 2px solid #369ee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 79% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ee8, #3645e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.02 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.43 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.37 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.16 #c96117 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ee8  rgb(54, 158, 232)  hsl(205, 79%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e88036  rgb(232, 128, 54)  hsl(25, 79%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#e8369e  rgb(232, 54, 158)  hsl(325, 79%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9ee836  rgb(158, 232, 54)  hsl(85, 79%, 56%)  Inchworm