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#369EED

#369eed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369eed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.22% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 205.9°, with 83.56% saturation and 57.06% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.76.

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Relative luminance0.3135

Complementary

  1. #369eed
  2. #ed8536

Split complementary

  1. #369eed
  2. #ed3643
  3. #ede036

Analogous

  1. #36ede0
  2. #369eed
  3. #3643ed

Triadic

  1. #369eed
  2. #ed369e
  3. #9eed36

Tetradic

  1. #369eed
  2. #8536ed
  3. #ed8536
  4. #9eed36

Square

  1. #369eed
  2. #e036ed
  3. #ed8536
  4. #43ed36

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4d7f
  2. #1278c5
  3. #369eed
  4. #7cc0f3
  5. #c2e2fa

Shades

#369eed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369eed
  2. #318ed5
  3. #2b7ebe
  4. #266fa6
  5. #205f8e
  6. #1b4f77
  7. #163f5f
  8. #102f47
  9. #0b202f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369eed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369eed
  2. #4aa8ef
  3. #5eb1f1
  4. #72bbf2
  5. #86c5f4
  6. #9bcff6
  7. #afd8f8
  8. #c3e2fa
  9. #d7ecfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369eed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369eed
  2. #3d9be2
  3. #4598d7
  4. #4c95cc
  5. #5492c1
  6. #5b8fb7
  7. #628cac
  8. #6a89a1
  9. #718696
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9ac0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a1f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f90eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5296ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aad1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369eed {
  color: #369eed;
}
Background
.bg-369eed {
  background-color: #369eed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369eed {
  border: 2px solid #369eed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369eed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 84% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369eed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369eed, #3643ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369eed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.15 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.02 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.89 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.40 #c96112 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369eed  rgb(54, 158, 237)  hsl(206, 84%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ed8536  rgb(237, 133, 54)  hsl(26, 84%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ed369e  rgb(237, 54, 158)  hsl(326, 84%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9eed36  rgb(158, 237, 54)  hsl(86, 84%, 57%)  Inchworm