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#369CD0

#369cd0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369cd0 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 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.04% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 200.26°, with 62.1% saturation and 51.37% 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 6.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2912

Complementary

  1. #369cd0
  2. #d06a36

Split complementary

  1. #369cd0
  2. #d0364f
  3. #d0b736

Analogous

  1. #36d0b7
  2. #369cd0
  3. #364fd0

Triadic

  1. #369cd0
  2. #d0369c
  3. #9cd036

Tetradic

  1. #369cd0
  2. #6a36d0
  3. #d06a36
  4. #9cd036

Square

  1. #369cd0
  2. #b736d0
  3. #d06a36
  4. #4fd036

Monochromatic

  1. #154158
  2. #236f96
  3. #369cd0
  4. #74bbde
  5. #b2d9ed

Shades

#369cd0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369cd0
  2. #318cbb
  3. #2b7da6
  4. #266d92
  5. #205e7d
  6. #1b4e68
  7. #163e53
  8. #102f3e
  9. #0b1f2a
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369cd0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369cd0
  2. #4aa6d5
  3. #5eb0d9
  4. #72bade
  5. #86c4e3
  6. #9bcee8
  7. #afd7ec
  8. #c3e1f1
  9. #d7ebf6
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369cd0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369cd0
  2. #3d99c8
  3. #4596c0
  4. #4c94b8
  5. #5491b0
  6. #5b8ea8
  7. #628ba0
  8. #6a8898
  9. #718690
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7897af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839bd2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8ccf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c9bd1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d93cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369cd0 {
  color: #369cd0;
}
Background
.bg-369cd0 {
  background-color: #369cd0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369cd0 {
  border: 2px solid #369cd0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369cd0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 156 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 62% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369cd0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369cd0, #364fd0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369cd0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 156 208 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.55 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.16 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.78 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.28 #c9632f Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369cd0  rgb(54, 156, 208)  hsl(200, 62%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#d06a36  rgb(208, 106, 54)  hsl(20, 62%, 51%)  Chocolate
#d0369c  rgb(208, 54, 156)  hsl(320, 62%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9cd036  rgb(156, 208, 54)  hsl(80, 62%, 51%)  Yellow Green