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#369DCF

#369dcf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369dcf 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 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.91% cyan, 24.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 199.61°, with 61.45% saturation and 51.18% 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 6.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.58.

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Relative luminance0.294

Complementary

  1. #369dcf
  2. #cf6836

Split complementary

  1. #369dcf
  2. #cf3651
  3. #cfb536

Analogous

  1. #36cfb5
  2. #369dcf
  3. #3651cf

Triadic

  1. #369dcf
  2. #cf369d
  3. #9dcf36

Tetradic

  1. #369dcf
  2. #6836cf
  3. #cf6836
  4. #9dcf36

Square

  1. #369dcf
  2. #b536cf
  3. #cf6836
  4. #51cf36

Monochromatic

  1. #154257
  2. #247095
  3. #369dcf
  4. #74bbde
  5. #b2d9ec

Shades

#369dcf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369dcf
  2. #318dba
  3. #2b7ea6
  4. #266e91
  5. #205e7c
  6. #1b4f68
  7. #163f53
  8. #102f3e
  9. #0b1f29
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369dcf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369dcf
  2. #4aa7d4
  3. #5eb1d9
  4. #72badd
  5. #86c4e2
  6. #9bcee7
  7. #afd8ec
  8. #c3e2f1
  9. #d7ebf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369dcf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369dcf
  2. #3d9ac7
  3. #4597bf
  4. #4c94b7
  5. #5491af
  6. #5b8fa8
  7. #628ca0
  8. #6a8998
  9. #718690
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7997af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859cd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #708dce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9cd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e94cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369dcf {
  color: #369dcf;
}
Background
.bg-369dcf {
  background-color: #369dcf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369dcf {
  border: 2px solid #369dcf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369dcf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 61% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369dcf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369dcf, #3651cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369dcf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 207 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.91 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.00 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.29 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.89 #c96230 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369dcf  rgb(54, 157, 207)  hsl(200, 61%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#cf6836  rgb(207, 104, 54)  hsl(20, 61%, 51%)  Chocolate
#cf369d  rgb(207, 54, 157)  hsl(320, 61%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9dcf36  rgb(157, 207, 54)  hsl(80, 61%, 51%)  Yellow Green