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#369DD9

#369dd9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369dd9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.12% cyan, 27.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 202.09°, with 68.2% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.65.

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Relative luminance0.2991

Complementary

  1. #369dd9
  2. #d97236

Split complementary

  1. #369dd9
  2. #d9364c
  3. #d9c436

Analogous

  1. #36d9c4
  2. #369dd9
  3. #364cd9

Triadic

  1. #369dd9
  2. #d9369d
  3. #9dd936

Tetradic

  1. #369dd9
  2. #7236d9
  3. #d97236
  4. #9dd936

Square

  1. #369dd9
  2. #c436d9
  3. #d97236
  4. #4cd936

Monochromatic

  1. #134663
  2. #1f73a4
  3. #369dd9
  4. #76bce5
  5. #b7dcf1

Shades

#369dd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369dd9
  2. #318dc3
  3. #2b7eae
  4. #266e98
  5. #205e82
  6. #1b4f6d
  7. #163f57
  8. #102f41
  9. #0b1f2b
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369dd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369dd9
  2. #4aa7dd
  3. #5eb1e1
  4. #72bae4
  5. #86c4e8
  6. #9bceec
  7. #afd8f0
  8. #c3e2f4
  9. #d7ebf7
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369dd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369dd9
  2. #3d9ad0
  3. #4597c7
  4. #4c94be
  5. #5491b5
  6. #5b8fad
  7. #628ca4
  8. #6a899b
  9. #718692
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819ddc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a8ed8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9ddb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a94d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369dd9 {
  color: #369dd9;
}
Background
.bg-369dd9 {
  background-color: #369dd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369dd9 {
  border: 2px solid #369dd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369dd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 68% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369dd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369dd9, #364cd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369dd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 217 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.28 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.62 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.78 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.93 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.22 #c96226 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369dd9  rgb(54, 157, 217)  hsl(202, 68%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#d97236  rgb(217, 114, 54)  hsl(22, 68%, 53%)  Chocolate
#d9369d  rgb(217, 54, 157)  hsl(322, 68%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9dd936  rgb(157, 217, 54)  hsl(82, 68%, 53%)  Yellow Green