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#369DDA

#369dda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369dda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.57% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.23% cyan, 27.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 202.32°, 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 6.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.64.

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Relative luminance0.2996

Complementary

  1. #369dda
  2. #da7336

Split complementary

  1. #369dda
  2. #da364b
  3. #dac536

Analogous

  1. #36dac5
  2. #369dda
  3. #364bda

Triadic

  1. #369dda
  2. #da369d
  3. #9dda36

Tetradic

  1. #369dda
  2. #7336da
  3. #da7336
  4. #9dda36

Square

  1. #369dda
  2. #c536da
  3. #da7336
  4. #4bda36

Monochromatic

  1. #124664
  2. #1e73a5
  3. #369dda
  4. #77bce6
  5. #b7dcf2

Shades

#369dda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369dda
  2. #318dc4
  3. #2b7eae
  4. #266e99
  5. #205e83
  6. #1b4f6d
  7. #163f57
  8. #102f41
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369dda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369dda
  2. #4aa7de
  3. #5eb1e1
  4. #72bae5
  5. #86c4e9
  6. #9bceed
  7. #afd8f0
  8. #c3e2f4
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369dda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369dda
  2. #3d9ad1
  3. #4597c8
  4. #4c94bf
  5. #5491b6
  6. #5b8fad
  7. #628ca4
  8. #6a899b
  9. #718692
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809ddd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a8ed9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9ddc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a94d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369dda {
  color: #369dda;
}
Background
.bg-369dda {
  background-color: #369dda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369dda {
  border: 2px solid #369dda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369dda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 69% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369dda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369dda, #364bda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369dda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.25 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.60 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.70 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.00 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.34 #c96225 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369dda  rgb(54, 157, 218)  hsl(202, 69%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#da7336  rgb(218, 115, 54)  hsl(22, 69%, 53%)  Chocolate
#da369d  rgb(218, 54, 157)  hsl(322, 69%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9dda36  rgb(157, 218, 54)  hsl(82, 69%, 53%)  Yellow Green