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#369CCB

#369ccb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ccb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.18% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.4% cyan, 23.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 198.93°, with 58.89% saturation and 50.39% 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 6.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.16.

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Relative luminance0.2887

Complementary

  1. #369ccb
  2. #cb6536

Split complementary

  1. #369ccb
  2. #cb3651
  3. #cbb036

Analogous

  1. #36cbb0
  2. #369ccb
  3. #3651cb

Triadic

  1. #369ccb
  2. #cb369c
  3. #9ccb36

Tetradic

  1. #369ccb
  2. #6536cb
  3. #cb6536
  4. #9ccb36

Square

  1. #369ccb
  2. #b036cb
  3. #cb6536
  4. #51cb36

Monochromatic

  1. #153f53
  2. #256e8f
  3. #369ccb
  4. #73badb
  5. #b0d8ea

Shades

#369ccb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ccb
  2. #318cb7
  3. #2b7da2
  4. #266d8e
  5. #205e7a
  6. #1b4e66
  7. #163e51
  8. #102f3d
  9. #0b1f29
  10. #051014
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ccb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ccb
  2. #4aa6d0
  3. #5eb0d5
  4. #72badb
  5. #86c4e0
  6. #9bcee5
  7. #afd7ea
  8. #c3e1ef
  9. #d7ebf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ccb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ccb
  2. #3d99c4
  3. #4596bc
  4. #4c94b5
  5. #5491ad
  6. #5b8ea6
  7. #628b9e
  8. #6a8897
  9. #71868f
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7896ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859acd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #708cca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9bcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e93cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ccb {
  color: #369ccb;
}
Background
.bg-369ccb {
  background-color: #369ccb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ccb {
  border: 2px solid #369ccb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ccb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 156 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 59% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ccb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ccb, #3651cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ccb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 156 203 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.16 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.31 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.83 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.92 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.92 #c96334 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ccb  rgb(54, 156, 203)  hsl(199, 59%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#cb6536  rgb(203, 101, 54)  hsl(19, 59%, 50%)  Flame
#cb369c  rgb(203, 54, 156)  hsl(319, 59%, 50%)  Mulberry
#9ccb36  rgb(156, 203, 54)  hsl(79, 59%, 50%)  Yellow Green