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#369CD3

#369cd3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369cd3 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 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.41% cyan, 26.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 201.02°, with 64.08% saturation and 51.96% 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 6.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2926

Complementary

  1. #369cd3
  2. #d36d36

Split complementary

  1. #369cd3
  2. #d3364d
  3. #d3bb36

Analogous

  1. #36d3bb
  2. #369cd3
  3. #364dd3

Triadic

  1. #369cd3
  2. #d3369c
  3. #9cd336

Tetradic

  1. #369cd3
  2. #6d36d3
  3. #d36d36
  4. #9cd336

Square

  1. #369cd3
  2. #bb36d3
  3. #d36d36
  4. #4dd336

Monochromatic

  1. #14435c
  2. #22709b
  3. #369cd3
  4. #75bbe1
  5. #b4daee

Shades

#369cd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369cd3
  2. #318cbe
  3. #2b7da9
  4. #266d94
  5. #205e7f
  6. #1b4e6a
  7. #163e54
  8. #102f3f
  9. #0b1f2a
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369cd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369cd3
  2. #4aa6d7
  3. #5eb0dc
  4. #72bae0
  5. #86c4e5
  6. #9bcee9
  7. #afd7ed
  8. #c3e1f2
  9. #d7ebf6
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369cd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369cd3
  2. #3d99cb
  3. #4596c2
  4. #4c94ba
  5. #5491b2
  6. #5b8eaa
  7. #628ba1
  8. #6a8899
  9. #718691
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7997b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829cd6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c8dd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9cd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b93d2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369cd3 {
  color: #369cd3;
}
Background
.bg-369cd3 {
  background-color: #369cd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369cd3 {
  border: 2px solid #369cd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369cd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 156 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 64% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369cd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369cd3, #364dd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369cd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 156 211 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.19 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.31 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.75 #c9632c Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369cd3  rgb(54, 156, 211)  hsl(201, 64%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#d36d36  rgb(211, 109, 54)  hsl(21, 64%, 52%)  Chocolate
#d3369c  rgb(211, 54, 156)  hsl(321, 64%, 52%)  Mulberry
#9cd336  rgb(156, 211, 54)  hsl(81, 64%, 52%)  Yellow Green