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#369DDD

#369ddd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ddd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.57% cyan, 28.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 202.99°, with 71.06% saturation and 53.92% 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 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.69.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3012

Complementary

  1. #369ddd
  2. #dd7636

Split complementary

  1. #369ddd
  2. #dd364a
  3. #ddc936

Analogous

  1. #36ddc9
  2. #369ddd
  3. #364add

Triadic

  1. #369ddd
  2. #dd369d
  3. #9ddd36

Tetradic

  1. #369ddd
  2. #7636dd
  3. #dd7636
  4. #9ddd36

Square

  1. #369ddd
  2. #c936dd
  3. #dd7636
  4. #4add36

Monochromatic

  1. #124768
  2. #1d74aa
  3. #369ddd
  4. #77bde8
  5. #b9ddf3

Shades

#369ddd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ddd
  2. #318dc7
  3. #2b7eb1
  4. #266e9b
  5. #205e85
  6. #1b4f6f
  7. #163f58
  8. #102f42
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ddd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ddd
  2. #4aa7e0
  3. #5eb1e4
  4. #72bae7
  5. #86c4eb
  6. #9bceee
  7. #afd8f1
  8. #c3e2f5
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ddd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ddd
  2. #3d9ad4
  3. #4597ca
  4. #4c94c1
  5. #5491b8
  6. #5b8faf
  7. #628ca5
  8. #6a899c
  9. #718693
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ee0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688edc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699ddf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5894dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ddd {
  color: #369ddd;
}
Background
.bg-369ddd {
  background-color: #369ddd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ddd {
  border: 2px solid #369ddd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ddd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 71% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ddd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ddd, #364add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ddd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.18 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.09 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.31 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.22 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.34 #c96222 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ddd  rgb(54, 157, 221)  hsl(203, 71%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#dd7636  rgb(221, 118, 54)  hsl(23, 71%, 54%)  Chocolate
#dd369d  rgb(221, 54, 157)  hsl(323, 71%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9ddd36  rgb(157, 221, 54)  hsl(83, 71%, 54%)  Yellow Green