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#36AAEE

#36aaee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#36aaee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 66.67% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.31% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 202.17°, with 84.4% saturation and 57.25% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.25.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3571

Complementary

  1. #36aaee
  2. #ee7a36

Split complementary

  1. #36aaee
  2. #ee364e
  3. #eed636

Analogous

  1. #36eed6
  2. #36aaee
  3. #364eee

Triadic

  1. #36aaee
  2. #ee36aa
  3. #aaee36

Tetradic

  1. #36aaee
  2. #7a36ee
  3. #ee7a36
  4. #aaee36

Square

  1. #36aaee
  2. #d636ee
  3. #ee7a36
  4. #4eee36

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5580
  2. #1183c7
  3. #36aaee
  4. #7dc8f4
  5. #c3e6fa

Shades

#36aaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36aaee
  2. #3199d6
  3. #2b88be
  4. #2677a7
  5. #20668f
  6. #1b5577
  7. #16445f
  8. #103347
  9. #0b2230
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#36aaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36aaee
  2. #4ab3f0
  3. #5ebbf1
  4. #72c4f3
  5. #86ccf5
  6. #9bd5f7
  7. #afddf8
  8. #c3e6fa
  9. #d7eefc
  10. #ebf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36aaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36aaee
  2. #3da6e3
  3. #45a2d8
  4. #4c9dcd
  5. #5499c2
  6. #5b95b7
  7. #6291ac
  8. #6a8da1
  9. #718896
  10. #79848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719aed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72aaf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36aaee {
  color: #36aaee;
}
Background
.bg-36aaee {
  background-color: #36aaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36aaee {
  border: 2px solid #36aaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36aaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 170 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 84% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36aaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36aaee, #364eee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36aaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 170 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.36 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.46 #c95511 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#36aaee  rgb(54, 170, 238)  hsl(202, 84%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ee7a36  rgb(238, 122, 54)  hsl(22, 84%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#ee36aa  rgb(238, 54, 170)  hsl(322, 84%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#aaee36  rgb(170, 238, 54)  hsl(82, 84%, 57%)  Inchworm