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#369BDE

#369bde ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369bde is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 60.78% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.68% cyan, 30.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 203.93°, with 71.79% saturation and 54.12% 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 6.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.05.

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Relative luminance0.295

Complementary

  1. #369bde
  2. #de7936

Split complementary

  1. #369bde
  2. #de3647
  3. #decd36

Analogous

  1. #36decd
  2. #369bde
  3. #3647de

Triadic

  1. #369bde
  2. #de369b
  3. #9bde36

Tetradic

  1. #369bde
  2. #7936de
  3. #de7936
  4. #9bde36

Square

  1. #369bde
  2. #cd36de
  3. #de7936
  4. #47de36

Monochromatic

  1. #11466a
  2. #1c72ab
  3. #369bde
  4. #78bce9
  5. #b9dcf4

Shades

#369bde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369bde
  2. #318cc8
  3. #2b7cb2
  4. #266d9b
  5. #205d85
  6. #1b4e6f
  7. #163e59
  8. #102f43
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369bde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369bde
  2. #4aa5e1
  3. #5eafe5
  4. #72b9e8
  5. #86c3eb
  6. #9bcdef
  7. #afd7f2
  8. #c3e1f5
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369bde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369bde
  2. #3d98d5
  3. #4596cb
  4. #4c93c2
  5. #5490b8
  6. #5b8eaf
  7. #628ba6
  8. #6a889c
  9. #718593
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7997b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9ce1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658ddd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679ce0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5693dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369bde {
  color: #369bde;
}
Background
.bg-369bde {
  background-color: #369bde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369bde {
  border: 2px solid #369bde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369bde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 155 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 72% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369bde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369bde, #3647de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369bde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 155 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.35 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.57 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.69 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.03 #c96421 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369bde  rgb(54, 155, 222)  hsl(204, 72%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#de7936  rgb(222, 121, 54)  hsl(24, 72%, 54%)  Chocolate
#de369b  rgb(222, 54, 155)  hsl(324, 72%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9bde36  rgb(155, 222, 54)  hsl(84, 72%, 54%)  Yellow Green