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#36ADFA

#36adfa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#36adfa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 67.84% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.4% cyan, 30.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 203.57°, with 95.15% saturation and 59.61% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.37.

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Relative luminance0.3757

Complementary

  1. #36adfa
  2. #fa8336

Split complementary

  1. #36adfa
  2. #fa364b
  3. #fae536

Analogous

  1. #36fae5
  2. #36adfa
  3. #364bfa

Triadic

  1. #36adfa
  2. #fa36ad
  3. #adfa36

Tetradic

  1. #36adfa
  2. #8336fa
  3. #fa8336
  4. #adfa36

Square

  1. #36adfa
  2. #e536fa
  3. #fa8336
  4. #4bfa36

Monochromatic

  1. #045b93
  2. #0689de
  3. #36adfa
  4. #81cbfc
  5. #cbeafe

Shades

#36adfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36adfa
  2. #319ce1
  3. #2b8ac8
  4. #2679af
  5. #206896
  6. #1b577d
  7. #164564
  8. #10344b
  9. #0b2332
  10. #051119
  11. #000000

Tints

#36adfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36adfa
  2. #4ab5fb
  3. #5ebdfb
  4. #72c6fc
  5. #86cefc
  6. #9bd6fd
  7. #afdefd
  8. #c3e6fe
  9. #d7effe
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36adfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36adfa
  2. #3da9ee
  3. #45a4e2
  4. #4ca0d5
  5. #549bc9
  6. #5b97bd
  7. #6292b1
  8. #6a8ea5
  9. #718998
  10. #79858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a8cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89affd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9df9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71aefc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca4f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36adfa {
  color: #36adfa;
}
Background
.bg-36adfa {
  background-color: #36adfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36adfa {
  border: 2px solid #36adfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36adfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 173 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36adfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36adfa, #364bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36adfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 173 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.50 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.82 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.45 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.52 #c95205 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#36adfa  rgb(54, 173, 250)  hsl(204, 95%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#fa8336  rgb(250, 131, 54)  hsl(24, 95%, 60%)  Mango Tango
#fa36ad  rgb(250, 54, 173)  hsl(324, 95%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#adfa36  rgb(173, 250, 54)  hsl(84, 95%, 60%)  Green Yellow