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#369ADB

#369adb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369adb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 60.39% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.34% cyan, 29.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 203.64°, with 69.62% saturation and 53.53% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.2901

Complementary

  1. #369adb
  2. #db7736

Split complementary

  1. #369adb
  2. #db3647
  3. #dbca36

Analogous

  1. #36dbca
  2. #369adb
  3. #3647db

Triadic

  1. #369adb
  2. #db369a
  3. #9adb36

Tetradic

  1. #369adb
  2. #7736db
  3. #db7736
  4. #9adb36

Square

  1. #369adb
  2. #ca36db
  3. #db7736
  4. #47db36

Monochromatic

  1. #124566
  2. #1e71a7
  3. #369adb
  4. #77bbe7
  5. #b8dbf2

Shades

#369adb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369adb
  2. #318bc5
  3. #2b7baf
  4. #266c99
  5. #205c83
  6. #1b4d6e
  7. #163e58
  8. #102e42
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #050f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#369adb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369adb
  2. #4aa4df
  3. #5eaee2
  4. #72b8e6
  5. #86c2e9
  6. #9bcded
  7. #afd7f1
  8. #c3e1f4
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369adb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369adb
  2. #3d97d2
  3. #4595c9
  4. #4c92c0
  5. #5490b7
  6. #5b8dae
  7. #628aa4
  8. #6a889b
  9. #718592
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7896b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9bde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658cda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679bdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5692da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369adb {
  color: #369adb;
}
Background
.bg-369adb {
  background-color: #369adb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369adb {
  border: 2px solid #369adb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369adb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 154 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369adb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369adb, #3647db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369adb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 154 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.52 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.64 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.67 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.79 #c96524 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369adb  rgb(54, 154, 219)  hsl(204, 70%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#db7736  rgb(219, 119, 54)  hsl(24, 70%, 54%)  Chocolate
#db369a  rgb(219, 54, 154)  hsl(324, 70%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9adb36  rgb(154, 219, 54)  hsl(84, 70%, 54%)  Yellow Green