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#369BDA

#369bda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369bda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 60.78% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.23% cyan, 28.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 203.05°, 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 6.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.89.

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Relative luminance0.2929

Complementary

  1. #369bda
  2. #da7536

Split complementary

  1. #369bda
  2. #da3649
  3. #dac736

Analogous

  1. #36dac7
  2. #369bda
  3. #3649da

Triadic

  1. #369bda
  2. #da369b
  3. #9bda36

Tetradic

  1. #369bda
  2. #7536da
  3. #da7536
  4. #9bda36

Square

  1. #369bda
  2. #c736da
  3. #da7536
  4. #49da36

Monochromatic

  1. #124564
  2. #1e71a5
  3. #369bda
  4. #77bbe6
  5. #b7dbf2

Shades

#369bda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369bda
  2. #318cc4
  3. #2b7cae
  4. #266d99
  5. #205d83
  6. #1b4e6d
  7. #163e57
  8. #102f41
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369bda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369bda
  2. #4aa5de
  3. #5eafe1
  4. #72b9e5
  5. #86c3e9
  6. #9bcded
  7. #afd7f0
  8. #c3e1f4
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369bda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369bda
  2. #3d98d1
  3. #4596c8
  4. #4c93bf
  5. #5490b6
  6. #5b8ead
  7. #628ba4
  8. #6a889b
  9. #718592
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7996b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9cdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678cd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689bdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5792d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369bda {
  color: #369bda;
}
Background
.bg-369bda {
  background-color: #369bda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369bda {
  border: 2px solid #369bda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369bda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 155 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 69% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369bda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369bda, #3649da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369bda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 155 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.42 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.72 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.08 #c96425 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369bda  rgb(54, 155, 218)  hsl(203, 69%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#da7536  rgb(218, 117, 54)  hsl(23, 69%, 53%)  Chocolate
#da369b  rgb(218, 54, 155)  hsl(323, 69%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9bda36  rgb(155, 218, 54)  hsl(83, 69%, 53%)  Yellow Green