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#369ECC

#369ecc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ecc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.96% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.53% cyan, 22.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 198.4°, with 59.52% saturation and 50.59% 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 4.32.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.296

Complementary

  1. #369ecc
  2. #cc6436

Split complementary

  1. #369ecc
  2. #cc3653
  3. #ccaf36

Analogous

  1. #36ccaf
  2. #369ecc
  3. #3653cc

Triadic

  1. #369ecc
  2. #cc369e
  3. #9ecc36

Tetradic

  1. #369ecc
  2. #6436cc
  3. #cc6436
  4. #9ecc36

Square

  1. #369ecc
  2. #af36cc
  3. #cc6436
  4. #53cc36

Monochromatic

  1. #154154
  2. #257091
  3. #369ecc
  4. #73bbdb
  5. #b0d9eb

Shades

#369ecc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ecc
  2. #318eb8
  3. #2b7ea3
  4. #266f8f
  5. #205f7a
  6. #1b4f66
  7. #163f52
  8. #102f3d
  9. #0b2029
  10. #051014
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ecc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ecc
  2. #4aa8d1
  3. #5eb1d6
  4. #72bbdb
  5. #86c5e0
  6. #9bcfe6
  7. #afd8eb
  8. #c3e2f0
  9. #d7ecf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ecc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ecc
  2. #3d9bc4
  3. #4598bd
  4. #4c95b5
  5. #5492ae
  6. #5b8fa6
  7. #628c9e
  8. #6a8997
  9. #71868f
  10. #798388
  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 #7998ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #879cce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #738ecb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9dcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6094cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ecc {
  color: #369ecc;
}
Background
.bg-369ecc {
  background-color: #369ecc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ecc {
  border: 2px solid #369ecc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ecc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 60% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ecc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ecc, #3653cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ecc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 204 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.32 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.27 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.42 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.39 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.77 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.62 #c96133 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ecc  rgb(54, 158, 204)  hsl(198, 60%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#cc6436  rgb(204, 100, 54)  hsl(18, 60%, 51%)  Flame
#cc369e  rgb(204, 54, 158)  hsl(318, 60%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9ecc36  rgb(158, 204, 54)  hsl(78, 60%, 51%)  Yellow Green