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#369DDC

#369ddc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ddc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.45% cyan, 28.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 202.77°, with 70.34% saturation and 53.73% 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 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.66.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3007

Complementary

  1. #369ddc
  2. #dc7536

Split complementary

  1. #369ddc
  2. #dc364a
  3. #dcc836

Analogous

  1. #36dcc8
  2. #369ddc
  3. #364adc

Triadic

  1. #369ddc
  2. #dc369d
  3. #9ddc36

Tetradic

  1. #369ddc
  2. #7536dc
  3. #dc7536
  4. #9ddc36

Square

  1. #369ddc
  2. #c836dc
  3. #dc7536
  4. #4adc36

Monochromatic

  1. #124767
  2. #1d74a8
  3. #369ddc
  4. #77bde7
  5. #b8ddf3

Shades

#369ddc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ddc
  2. #318dc6
  3. #2b7eb0
  4. #266e9a
  5. #205e84
  6. #1b4f6e
  7. #163f58
  8. #102f42
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ddc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ddc
  2. #4aa7e0
  3. #5eb1e3
  4. #72bae7
  5. #86c4ea
  6. #9bceee
  7. #afd8f1
  8. #c3e2f5
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ddc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ddc
  2. #3d9ad3
  3. #4597ca
  4. #4c94c0
  5. #5491b7
  6. #5b8fae
  7. #628ca5
  8. #6a899c
  9. #718692
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9edf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698edb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9dde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5994db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ddc {
  color: #369ddc;
}
Background
.bg-369ddc {
  background-color: #369ddc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ddc {
  border: 2px solid #369ddc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ddc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ddc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ddc, #364adc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ddc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.20 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.43 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.15 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.47 #c96223 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ddc  rgb(54, 157, 220)  hsl(203, 70%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#dc7536  rgb(220, 117, 54)  hsl(23, 70%, 54%)  Chocolate
#dc369d  rgb(220, 54, 157)  hsl(323, 70%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9ddc36  rgb(157, 220, 54)  hsl(83, 70%, 54%)  Yellow Green