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#36A2FF

#36a2ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#36a2ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 63.53% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.82% cyan, 36.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.76°, with 100% saturation and 60.59% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.11.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3384

Complementary

  1. #36a2ff
  2. #ff9336

Split complementary

  1. #36a2ff
  2. #ff363e
  3. #fff736

Analogous

  1. #36fff7
  2. #36a2ff
  3. #363eff

Triadic

  1. #36a2ff
  2. #ff36a2
  3. #a2ff36

Tetradic

  1. #36a2ff
  2. #9336ff
  3. #ff9336
  4. #a2ff36

Square

  1. #36a2ff
  2. #f736ff
  3. #ff9336
  4. #3eff36

Monochromatic

  1. #00549c
  2. #007de9
  3. #36a2ff
  4. #83c5ff
  5. #cfe9ff

Shades

#36a2ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36a2ff
  2. #3192e6
  3. #2b82cc
  4. #2671b3
  5. #206199
  6. #1b5180
  7. #164166
  8. #10314d
  9. #0b2033
  10. #05101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#36a2ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36a2ff
  2. #4aabff
  3. #5eb5ff
  4. #72beff
  5. #86c7ff
  6. #9bd1ff
  7. #afdaff
  8. #c3e3ff
  9. #d7ecff
  10. #ebf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36a2ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36a2ff
  2. #3d9ff2
  3. #459be6
  4. #4c98d9
  5. #5494cc
  6. #5b91c0
  7. #628eb3
  8. #6a8aa6
  9. #718799
  10. #79838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819fcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5895fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c9afe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36a2ff {
  color: #36a2ff;
}
Background
.bg-36a2ff {
  background-color: #36a2ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36a2ff {
  border: 2px solid #36a2ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36a2ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 162 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 100% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36a2ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36a2ff, #363eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36a2ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 162 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.14 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.21 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.53 #c95d00 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#36a2ff  rgb(54, 162, 255)  hsl(208, 100%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9336  rgb(255, 147, 54)  hsl(28, 100%, 61%)  Dark Orange
#ff36a2  rgb(255, 54, 162)  hsl(328, 100%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#a2ff36  rgb(162, 255, 54)  hsl(88, 100%, 61%)  Green Yellow