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#369FEC

#369fec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369fec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.12% cyan, 32.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 205.38°, with 82.73% saturation and 56.86% 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 7.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.55.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3164

Complementary

  1. #369fec
  2. #ec8336

Split complementary

  1. #369fec
  2. #ec3644
  3. #ecde36

Analogous

  1. #36ecde
  2. #369fec
  3. #3644ec

Triadic

  1. #369fec
  2. #ec369f
  3. #9fec36

Tetradic

  1. #369fec
  2. #8336ec
  3. #ec8336
  4. #9fec36

Square

  1. #369fec
  2. #de36ec
  3. #ec8336
  4. #44ec36

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4d7d
  2. #1278c3
  3. #369fec
  4. #7cc0f3
  5. #c2e2f9

Shades

#369fec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369fec
  2. #318fd4
  3. #2b7fbd
  4. #266fa5
  5. #205f8e
  6. #1b5076
  7. #16405e
  8. #103047
  9. #0b202f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369fec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369fec
  2. #4aa9ee
  3. #5eb2f0
  4. #72bcf2
  5. #86c5f4
  6. #9bcff6
  7. #afd9f7
  8. #c3e2f9
  9. #d7ecfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369fec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369fec
  2. #3d9ce1
  3. #4599d6
  4. #4c96cc
  5. #5493c1
  6. #5b90b6
  7. #628cab
  8. #6a89a0
  9. #718696
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9bc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba2ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6191eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a1ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5397eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369fec {
  color: #369fec;
}
Background
.bg-369fec {
  background-color: #369fec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369fec {
  border: 2px solid #369fec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369fec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 159 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369fec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369fec, #3644ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369fec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 159 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.56 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.40 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.25 #c96013 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369fec  rgb(54, 159, 236)  hsl(205, 83%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ec8336  rgb(236, 131, 54)  hsl(25, 83%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec369f  rgb(236, 54, 159)  hsl(325, 83%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9fec36  rgb(159, 236, 54)  hsl(85, 83%, 57%)  Inchworm