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#369CDA

#369cda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369cda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.23% cyan, 28.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 202.68°, with 68.91% saturation and 53.33% 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 6.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.74.

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Relative luminance0.2962

Complementary

  1. #369cda
  2. #da7436

Split complementary

  1. #369cda
  2. #da364a
  3. #dac636

Analogous

  1. #36dac6
  2. #369cda
  3. #364ada

Triadic

  1. #369cda
  2. #da369c
  3. #9cda36

Tetradic

  1. #369cda
  2. #7436da
  3. #da7436
  4. #9cda36

Square

  1. #369cda
  2. #c636da
  3. #da7436
  4. #4ada36

Monochromatic

  1. #124564
  2. #1e72a5
  3. #369cda
  4. #77bce6
  5. #b7dcf2

Shades

#369cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369cda
  2. #318cc4
  3. #2b7dae
  4. #266d99
  5. #205e83
  6. #1b4e6d
  7. #163e57
  8. #102f41
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369cda
  2. #4aa6de
  3. #5eb0e1
  4. #72bae5
  5. #86c4e9
  6. #9bceed
  7. #afd7f0
  8. #c3e1f4
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369cda
  2. #3d99d1
  3. #4596c8
  4. #4c94bf
  5. #5491b6
  6. #5b8ead
  7. #628ba4
  8. #6a889b
  9. #718692
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7997b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ddd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698dd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699cdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5893d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369cda {
  color: #369cda;
}
Background
.bg-369cda {
  background-color: #369cda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369cda {
  border: 2px solid #369cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 156 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 69% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369cda, #364ada);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 156 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.33 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.22 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.38 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.86 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.39 #c96325 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369cda  rgb(54, 156, 218)  hsl(203, 69%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#da7436  rgb(218, 116, 54)  hsl(23, 69%, 53%)  Chocolate
#da369c  rgb(218, 54, 156)  hsl(323, 69%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9cda36  rgb(156, 218, 54)  hsl(83, 69%, 53%)  Yellow Green