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#369CDB

#369cdb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369cdb 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.34% cyan, 28.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 202.91°, with 69.62% saturation and 53.53% 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 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.76.

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Relative luminance0.2968

Complementary

  1. #369cdb
  2. #db7536

Split complementary

  1. #369cdb
  2. #db364a
  3. #dbc836

Analogous

  1. #36dbc8
  2. #369cdb
  3. #364adb

Triadic

  1. #369cdb
  2. #db369c
  3. #9cdb36

Tetradic

  1. #369cdb
  2. #7536db
  3. #db7536
  4. #9cdb36

Square

  1. #369cdb
  2. #c836db
  3. #db7536
  4. #4adb36

Monochromatic

  1. #124666
  2. #1e72a7
  3. #369cdb
  4. #77bce7
  5. #b8dcf2

Shades

#369cdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369cdb
  2. #318cc5
  3. #2b7daf
  4. #266d99
  5. #205e83
  6. #1b4e6e
  7. #163e58
  8. #102f42
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369cdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369cdb
  2. #4aa6df
  3. #5eb0e2
  4. #72bae6
  5. #86c4e9
  6. #9bceed
  7. #afd7f1
  8. #c3e1f4
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369cdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369cdb
  2. #3d99d2
  3. #4596c9
  4. #4c94c0
  5. #5491b7
  6. #5b8eae
  7. #628ba4
  8. #6a889b
  9. #718692
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7997b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9dde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688dda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699cdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5893da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369cdb {
  color: #369cdb;
}
Background
.bg-369cdb {
  background-color: #369cdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369cdb {
  border: 2px solid #369cdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369cdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 156 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369cdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369cdb, #364adb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369cdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 156 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.30 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.93 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.04 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.33 #c96324 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369cdb  rgb(54, 156, 219)  hsl(203, 70%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#db7536  rgb(219, 117, 54)  hsl(23, 70%, 54%)  Chocolate
#db369c  rgb(219, 54, 156)  hsl(323, 70%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9cdb36  rgb(156, 219, 54)  hsl(83, 70%, 54%)  Yellow Green