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#369FDF

#369fdf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369fdf 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.78% cyan, 28.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 202.72°, with 72.53% saturation and 54.31% 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 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3091

Complementary

  1. #369fdf
  2. #df7636

Split complementary

  1. #369fdf
  2. #df364a
  3. #dfca36

Analogous

  1. #36dfca
  2. #369fdf
  3. #364adf

Triadic

  1. #369fdf
  2. #df369f
  3. #9fdf36

Tetradic

  1. #369fdf
  2. #7636df
  3. #df7636
  4. #9fdf36

Square

  1. #369fdf
  2. #ca36df
  3. #df7636
  4. #4adf36

Monochromatic

  1. #11496b
  2. #1c76ad
  3. #369fdf
  4. #78bfea
  5. #badef4

Shades

#369fdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369fdf
  2. #318fc9
  3. #2b7fb2
  4. #266f9c
  5. #205f86
  6. #1b5070
  7. #164059
  8. #103043
  9. #0b202d
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369fdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369fdf
  2. #4aa9e2
  3. #5eb2e5
  4. #72bce9
  5. #86c5ec
  6. #9bcfef
  7. #afd9f2
  8. #c3e2f5
  9. #d7ecf9
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369fdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369fdf
  2. #3d9cd6
  3. #4599cc
  4. #4c96c3
  5. #5493b9
  6. #5b90b0
  7. #628ca6
  8. #6a899d
  9. #718693
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a0e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a90de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9fe1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5996de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369fdf {
  color: #369fdf;
}
Background
.bg-369fdf {
  background-color: #369fdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369fdf {
  border: 2px solid #369fdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369fdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 159 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 73% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369fdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369fdf, #364adf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369fdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 159 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.65 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.46 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.65 #c96020 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369fdf  rgb(54, 159, 223)  hsl(203, 73%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#df7636  rgb(223, 118, 54)  hsl(23, 73%, 54%)  Chocolate
#df369f  rgb(223, 54, 159)  hsl(323, 73%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9fdf36  rgb(159, 223, 54)  hsl(83, 73%, 54%)  Inchworm