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#36A7EA

#36a7ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#36a7ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.92% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 202.33°, with 81.08% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3436

Complementary

  1. #36a7ea
  2. #ea7936

Split complementary

  1. #36a7ea
  2. #ea364d
  3. #ead336

Analogous

  1. #36ead3
  2. #36a7ea
  3. #364dea

Triadic

  1. #36a7ea
  2. #ea36a7
  3. #a7ea36

Tetradic

  1. #36a7ea
  2. #7936ea
  3. #ea7936
  4. #a7ea36

Square

  1. #36a7ea
  2. #d336ea
  3. #ea7936
  4. #4dea36

Monochromatic

  1. #0d517a
  2. #1480bf
  3. #36a7ea
  4. #7bc5f1
  5. #c1e4f8

Shades

#36a7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36a7ea
  2. #3196d3
  3. #2b86bb
  4. #2675a4
  5. #20648c
  6. #1b5475
  7. #16435e
  8. #103246
  9. #0b212f
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#36a7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36a7ea
  2. #4ab0ec
  3. #5eb9ee
  4. #72c1f0
  5. #86caf2
  6. #9bd3f5
  7. #afdcf7
  8. #c3e5f9
  9. #d7edfb
  10. #ebf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36a7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36a7ea
  2. #3da3df
  3. #459fd5
  4. #4c9bca
  5. #5497c0
  6. #5b94b5
  7. #6290aa
  8. #6a8ca0
  9. #718895
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f97e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a7ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36a7ea {
  color: #36a7ea;
}
Background
.bg-36a7ea {
  background-color: #36a7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36a7ea {
  border: 2px solid #36a7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36a7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36a7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36a7ea, #364dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36a7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.50 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.24 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.28 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.67 #c95815 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#36a7ea  rgb(54, 167, 234)  hsl(202, 81%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7936  rgb(234, 121, 54)  hsl(22, 81%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ea36a7  rgb(234, 54, 167)  hsl(322, 81%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a7ea36  rgb(167, 234, 54)  hsl(82, 81%, 56%)  Inchworm