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#369CCE

#369cce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369cce 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 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.79% cyan, 24.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 199.74°, with 60.8% saturation and 50.98% 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 3.63.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2902

Complementary

  1. #369cce
  2. #ce6836

Split complementary

  1. #369cce
  2. #ce3650
  3. #ceb436

Analogous

  1. #36ceb4
  2. #369cce
  3. #3650ce

Triadic

  1. #369cce
  2. #ce369c
  3. #9cce36

Tetradic

  1. #369cce
  2. #6836ce
  3. #ce6836
  4. #9cce36

Square

  1. #369cce
  2. #b436ce
  3. #ce6836
  4. #50ce36

Monochromatic

  1. #154156
  2. #246f94
  3. #369cce
  4. #74badd
  5. #b1d9ec

Shades

#369cce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369cce
  2. #318cb9
  3. #2b7da5
  4. #266d90
  5. #205e7c
  6. #1b4e67
  7. #163e52
  8. #102f3e
  9. #0b1f29
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369cce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369cce
  2. #4aa6d3
  3. #5eb0d8
  4. #72badd
  5. #86c4e2
  6. #9bcee7
  7. #afd7eb
  8. #c3e1f0
  9. #d7ebf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369cce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369cce
  2. #3d99c6
  3. #4596be
  4. #4c94b7
  5. #5491af
  6. #5b8ea7
  7. #628b9f
  8. #6a8897
  9. #718690
  10. #798388
  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 #7896ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #849bd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f8ccd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9bcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d93ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369cce {
  color: #369cce;
}
Background
.bg-369cce {
  background-color: #369cce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369cce {
  border: 2px solid #369cce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369cce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 156 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 61% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369cce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369cce, #3650ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369cce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 156 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.00 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.04 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.21 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.70 #c96331 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369cce  rgb(54, 156, 206)  hsl(200, 61%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ce6836  rgb(206, 104, 54)  hsl(20, 61%, 51%)  Chocolate
#ce369c  rgb(206, 54, 156)  hsl(320, 61%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9cce36  rgb(156, 206, 54)  hsl(80, 61%, 51%)  Yellow Green