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#369FEF

#369fef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369fef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.41% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 205.95°, with 85.25% saturation and 57.45% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.83.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3181

Complementary

  1. #369fef
  2. #ef8636

Split complementary

  1. #369fef
  2. #ef3642
  3. #efe336

Analogous

  1. #36efe3
  2. #369fef
  3. #3642ef

Triadic

  1. #369fef
  2. #ef369f
  3. #9fef36

Tetradic

  1. #369fef
  2. #8636ef
  3. #ef8636
  4. #9fef36

Square

  1. #369fef
  2. #e336ef
  3. #ef8636
  4. #42ef36

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4e82
  2. #1079c9
  3. #369fef
  4. #7dc1f5
  5. #c4e3fa

Shades

#369fef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369fef
  2. #318fd7
  3. #2b7fbf
  4. #266fa7
  5. #205f8f
  6. #1b5078
  7. #164060
  8. #103048
  9. #0b2030
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#369fef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369fef
  2. #4aa9f1
  3. #5eb2f2
  4. #72bcf4
  5. #86c5f5
  6. #9bcff7
  7. #afd9f9
  8. #c3e2fa
  9. #d7ecfc
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369fef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369fef
  2. #3d9ce4
  3. #4599d9
  4. #4c96ce
  5. #5493c3
  6. #5b90b8
  7. #628cac
  8. #6a89a1
  9. #718696
  10. #79838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9bc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa2f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f91ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a1f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5297ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369fef {
  color: #369fef;
}
Background
.bg-369fef {
  background-color: #369fef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369fef {
  border: 2px solid #369fef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369fef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 159 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 85% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369fef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369fef, #3642ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369fef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 159 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.17 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.98 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.25 #c96010 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369fef  rgb(54, 159, 239)  hsl(206, 85%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ef8636  rgb(239, 134, 54)  hsl(26, 85%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#ef369f  rgb(239, 54, 159)  hsl(326, 85%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9fef36  rgb(159, 239, 54)  hsl(86, 85%, 57%)  Green Yellow