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#369FE6

#369fe6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369fe6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 62.35% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.52% cyan, 30.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 204.2°, with 77.88% saturation and 55.69% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.02.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3129

Complementary

  1. #369fe6
  2. #e67d36

Split complementary

  1. #369fe6
  2. #e63647
  3. #e6d536

Analogous

  1. #36e6d5
  2. #369fe6
  3. #3647e6

Triadic

  1. #369fe6
  2. #e6369f
  3. #9fe636

Tetradic

  1. #369fe6
  2. #7d36e6
  3. #e67d36
  4. #9fe636

Square

  1. #369fe6
  2. #d536e6
  3. #e67d36
  4. #47e636

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4b75
  2. #1777b9
  3. #369fe6
  4. #7ac0ee
  5. #bee0f7

Shades

#369fe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369fe6
  2. #318fcf
  3. #2b7fb8
  4. #266fa1
  5. #205f8a
  6. #1b5073
  7. #16405c
  8. #103045
  9. #0b202e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#369fe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369fe6
  2. #4aa9e9
  3. #5eb2eb
  4. #72bcee
  5. #86c5f0
  6. #9bcff3
  7. #afd9f5
  8. #c3e2f8
  9. #d7ecfa
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369fe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369fe6
  2. #3d9cdc
  3. #4599d2
  4. #4c96c7
  5. #5493bd
  6. #5b90b3
  7. #628ca9
  8. #6a899f
  9. #718694
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9bbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea1e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6690e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a0e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5697e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369fe6 {
  color: #369fe6;
}
Background
.bg-369fe6 {
  background-color: #369fe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369fe6 {
  border: 2px solid #369fe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369fe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 159 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 78% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369fe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369fe6, #3647e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369fe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 159 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.02 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.56 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.16 #c96019 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369fe6  rgb(54, 159, 230)  hsl(204, 78%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#e67d36  rgb(230, 125, 54)  hsl(24, 78%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#e6369f  rgb(230, 54, 159)  hsl(324, 78%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9fe636  rgb(159, 230, 54)  hsl(84, 78%, 56%)  Inchworm