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#369DDE

#369dde ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369dde 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.68% cyan, 29.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 203.21°, with 71.79% saturation and 54.12% 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 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.73.

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Relative luminance0.3017

Complementary

  1. #369dde
  2. #de7736

Split complementary

  1. #369dde
  2. #de3649
  3. #decb36

Analogous

  1. #36decb
  2. #369dde
  3. #3649de

Triadic

  1. #369dde
  2. #de369d
  3. #9dde36

Tetradic

  1. #369dde
  2. #7736de
  3. #de7736
  4. #9dde36

Square

  1. #369dde
  2. #cb36de
  3. #de7736
  4. #49de36

Monochromatic

  1. #11476a
  2. #1c74ab
  3. #369dde
  4. #78bde9
  5. #b9ddf4

Shades

#369dde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369dde
  2. #318dc8
  3. #2b7eb2
  4. #266e9b
  5. #205e85
  6. #1b4f6f
  7. #163f59
  8. #102f43
  9. #0b1f2c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369dde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369dde
  2. #4aa7e1
  3. #5eb1e5
  4. #72bae8
  5. #86c4eb
  6. #9bceef
  7. #afd8f2
  8. #c3e2f5
  9. #d7ebf8
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369dde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369dde
  2. #3d9ad5
  3. #4597cb
  4. #4c94c2
  5. #5491b8
  6. #5b8faf
  7. #628ca6
  8. #6a899c
  9. #718693
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ee1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688edd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699ee0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5894dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369dde {
  color: #369dde;
}
Background
.bg-369dde {
  background-color: #369dde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369dde {
  border: 2px solid #369dde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369dde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 72% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369dde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369dde, #3649de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369dde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.18 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.22 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.30 #c96221 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369dde  rgb(54, 157, 222)  hsl(203, 72%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#de7736  rgb(222, 119, 54)  hsl(23, 72%, 54%)  Chocolate
#de369d  rgb(222, 54, 157)  hsl(323, 72%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9dde36  rgb(157, 222, 54)  hsl(83, 72%, 54%)  Yellow Green