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#369CCD

#369ccd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ccd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.18% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.66% cyan, 23.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 199.47°, with 60.16% saturation and 50.78% 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 6.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.79.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2897

Complementary

  1. #369ccd
  2. #cd6736

Split complementary

  1. #369ccd
  2. #cd3650
  3. #cdb236

Analogous

  1. #36cdb2
  2. #369ccd
  3. #3650cd

Triadic

  1. #369ccd
  2. #cd369c
  3. #9ccd36

Tetradic

  1. #369ccd
  2. #6736cd
  3. #cd6736
  4. #9ccd36

Square

  1. #369ccd
  2. #b236cd
  3. #cd6736
  4. #50cd36

Monochromatic

  1. #154055
  2. #246f92
  3. #369ccd
  4. #73badc
  5. #b1d8eb

Shades

#369ccd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ccd
  2. #318cb9
  3. #2b7da4
  4. #266d90
  5. #205e7b
  6. #1b4e67
  7. #163e52
  8. #102f3e
  9. #0b1f29
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ccd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ccd
  2. #4aa6d2
  3. #5eb0d7
  4. #72badc
  5. #86c4e1
  6. #9bcee6
  7. #afd7eb
  8. #c3e1f0
  9. #d7ebf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ccd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ccd
  2. #3d99c5
  3. #4596be
  4. #4c94b6
  5. #5491ae
  6. #5b8ea7
  7. #628b9f
  8. #6a8897
  9. #71868f
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7896ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #849bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #708ccc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9bce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e93cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ccd {
  color: #369ccd;
}
Background
.bg-369ccd {
  background-color: #369ccd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ccd {
  border: 2px solid #369ccd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ccd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 156 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 60% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ccd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ccd, #3650cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ccd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 156 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.79 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.00 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.44 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.77 #c96332 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ccd  rgb(54, 156, 205)  hsl(199, 60%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#cd6736  rgb(205, 103, 54)  hsl(19, 60%, 51%)  Flame
#cd369c  rgb(205, 54, 156)  hsl(319, 60%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9ccd36  rgb(156, 205, 54)  hsl(79, 60%, 51%)  Yellow Green