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#369DCD

#369dcd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369dcd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.57% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.66% cyan, 23.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 199.07°, 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 6.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.2931

Complementary

  1. #369dcd
  2. #cd6636

Split complementary

  1. #369dcd
  2. #cd3651
  3. #cdb136

Analogous

  1. #36cdb1
  2. #369dcd
  3. #3651cd

Triadic

  1. #369dcd
  2. #cd369d
  3. #9dcd36

Tetradic

  1. #369dcd
  2. #6636cd
  3. #cd6636
  4. #9dcd36

Square

  1. #369dcd
  2. #b136cd
  3. #cd6636
  4. #51cd36

Monochromatic

  1. #154155
  2. #246f92
  3. #369dcd
  4. #73bbdc
  5. #b1d9eb

Shades

#369dcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369dcd
  2. #318db9
  3. #2b7ea4
  4. #266e90
  5. #205e7b
  6. #1b4f67
  7. #163f52
  8. #102f3e
  9. #0b1f29
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369dcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369dcd
  2. #4aa7d2
  3. #5eb1d7
  4. #72badc
  5. #86c4e1
  6. #9bcee6
  7. #afd8eb
  8. #c3e2f0
  9. #d7ebf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369dcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369dcd
  2. #3d9ac5
  3. #4597be
  4. #4c94b6
  5. #5491ae
  6. #5b8fa7
  7. #628c9f
  8. #6a8997
  9. #71868f
  10. #798388
  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 #7997ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #718dcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9cce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f94cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369dcd {
  color: #369dcd;
}
Background
.bg-369dcd {
  background-color: #369dcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369dcd {
  border: 2px solid #369dcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369dcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 60% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369dcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369dcd, #3651cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369dcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.93 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.78 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.91 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.96 #c96232 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369dcd  rgb(54, 157, 205)  hsl(199, 60%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#cd6636  rgb(205, 102, 54)  hsl(19, 60%, 51%)  Flame
#cd369d  rgb(205, 54, 157)  hsl(319, 60%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9dcd36  rgb(157, 205, 54)  hsl(79, 60%, 51%)  Yellow Green