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#369DD3

#369dd3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369dd3 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 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.41% cyan, 25.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 200.64°, 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 6.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.296

Complementary

  1. #369dd3
  2. #d36c36

Split complementary

  1. #369dd3
  2. #d3364e
  3. #d3bb36

Analogous

  1. #36d3bb
  2. #369dd3
  3. #364ed3

Triadic

  1. #369dd3
  2. #d3369d
  3. #9dd336

Tetradic

  1. #369dd3
  2. #6c36d3
  3. #d36c36
  4. #9dd336

Square

  1. #369dd3
  2. #bb36d3
  3. #d36c36
  4. #4ed336

Monochromatic

  1. #14435c
  2. #22719b
  3. #369dd3
  4. #75bce1
  5. #b4daee

Shades

#369dd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369dd3
  2. #318dbe
  3. #2b7ea9
  4. #266e94
  5. #205e7f
  6. #1b4f6a
  7. #163f54
  8. #102f3f
  9. #0b1f2a
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369dd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369dd3
  2. #4aa7d7
  3. #5eb1dc
  4. #72bae0
  5. #86c4e5
  6. #9bcee9
  7. #afd8ed
  8. #c3e2f2
  9. #d7ebf6
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369dd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369dd3
  2. #3d9acb
  3. #4597c2
  4. #4c94ba
  5. #5491b2
  6. #5b8faa
  7. #628ca1
  8. #6a8999
  9. #718691
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7998b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839cd6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8dd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c9dd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c94d2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369dd3 {
  color: #369dd3;
}
Background
.bg-369dd3 {
  background-color: #369dd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369dd3 {
  border: 2px solid #369dd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369dd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 64% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369dd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369dd3, #364ed3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369dd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 211 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.59 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.48 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.51 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.63 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.01 #c9622c Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369dd3  rgb(54, 157, 211)  hsl(201, 64%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#d36c36  rgb(211, 108, 54)  hsl(21, 64%, 52%)  Chocolate
#d3369d  rgb(211, 54, 157)  hsl(321, 64%, 52%)  Mulberry
#9dd336  rgb(157, 211, 54)  hsl(81, 64%, 52%)  Yellow Green