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#369FDE

#369fde ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369fde is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 62.35% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.68% cyan, 28.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 202.5°, with 71.79% saturation and 54.12% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.57.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3085

Complementary

  1. #369fde
  2. #de7536

Split complementary

  1. #369fde
  2. #de364b
  3. #dec936

Analogous

  1. #36dec9
  2. #369fde
  3. #364bde

Triadic

  1. #369fde
  2. #de369f
  3. #9fde36

Tetradic

  1. #369fde
  2. #7536de
  3. #de7536
  4. #9fde36

Square

  1. #369fde
  2. #c936de
  3. #de7536
  4. #4bde36

Monochromatic

  1. #11496a
  2. #1c76ab
  3. #369fde
  4. #78bee9
  5. #b9def4

Shades

#369fde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369fde
  2. #318fc8
  3. #2b7fb2
  4. #266f9b
  5. #205f85
  6. #1b506f
  7. #164059
  8. #103043
  9. #0b202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369fde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369fde
  2. #4aa9e1
  3. #5eb2e5
  4. #72bce8
  5. #86c5eb
  6. #9bcfef
  7. #afd9f2
  8. #c3e2f5
  9. #d7ecf8
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369fde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369fde
  2. #3d9cd5
  3. #4599cb
  4. #4c96c2
  5. #5493b8
  6. #5b90af
  7. #628ca6
  8. #6a899c
  9. #718693
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a0e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a90dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9fe0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a96dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369fde {
  color: #369fde;
}
Background
.bg-369fde {
  background-color: #369fde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369fde {
  border: 2px solid #369fde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369fde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 159 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 72% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369fde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369fde, #364bde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369fde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 159 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.03 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.83 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.34 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.59 #c96021 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369fde  rgb(54, 159, 222)  hsl(203, 72%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#de7536  rgb(222, 117, 54)  hsl(23, 72%, 54%)  Chocolate
#de369f  rgb(222, 54, 159)  hsl(323, 72%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9fde36  rgb(159, 222, 54)  hsl(83, 72%, 54%)  Yellow Green