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#369DDB

#369ddb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ddb 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.34% cyan, 28.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 202.55°, with 69.62% saturation and 53.53% 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 7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.64.

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Relative luminance0.3001

Complementary

  1. #369ddb
  2. #db7436

Split complementary

  1. #369ddb
  2. #db364a
  3. #dbc736

Analogous

  1. #36dbc7
  2. #369ddb
  3. #364adb

Triadic

  1. #369ddb
  2. #db369d
  3. #9ddb36

Tetradic

  1. #369ddb
  2. #7436db
  3. #db7436
  4. #9ddb36

Square

  1. #369ddb
  2. #c736db
  3. #db7436
  4. #4adb36

Monochromatic

  1. #124666
  2. #1e73a7
  3. #369ddb
  4. #77bde7
  5. #b8dcf2

Shades

#369ddb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ddb
  2. #318dc5
  3. #2b7eaf
  4. #266e99
  5. #205e83
  6. #1b4f6e
  7. #163f58
  8. #102f42
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ddb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ddb
  2. #4aa7df
  3. #5eb1e2
  4. #72bae6
  5. #86c4e9
  6. #9bceed
  7. #afd8f1
  8. #c3e2f4
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ddb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ddb
  2. #3d9ad2
  3. #4597c9
  4. #4c94c0
  5. #5491b7
  6. #5b8fae
  7. #628ca4
  8. #6a899b
  9. #718692
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809ede ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698eda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9ddd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5994da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ddb {
  color: #369ddb;
}
Background
.bg-369ddb {
  background-color: #369ddb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ddb {
  border: 2px solid #369ddb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ddb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ddb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ddb, #364adb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ddb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.22 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.34 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.56 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.07 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.46 #c96224 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ddb  rgb(54, 157, 219)  hsl(203, 70%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#db7436  rgb(219, 116, 54)  hsl(23, 70%, 54%)  Chocolate
#db369d  rgb(219, 54, 157)  hsl(323, 70%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9ddb36  rgb(157, 219, 54)  hsl(83, 70%, 54%)  Yellow Green