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#369DDF

#369ddf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ddf 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.78% cyan, 29.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 203.43°, with 72.53% saturation and 54.31% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.77.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3023

Complementary

  1. #369ddf
  2. #df7836

Split complementary

  1. #369ddf
  2. #df3648
  3. #dfcc36

Analogous

  1. #36dfcc
  2. #369ddf
  3. #3648df

Triadic

  1. #369ddf
  2. #df369d
  3. #9ddf36

Tetradic

  1. #369ddf
  2. #7836df
  3. #df7836
  4. #9ddf36

Square

  1. #369ddf
  2. #cc36df
  3. #df7836
  4. #48df36

Monochromatic

  1. #11486b
  2. #1c74ad
  3. #369ddf
  4. #78bdea
  5. #baddf4

Shades

#369ddf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ddf
  2. #318dc9
  3. #2b7eb2
  4. #266e9c
  5. #205e86
  6. #1b4f70
  7. #163f59
  8. #102f43
  9. #0b1f2d
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ddf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ddf
  2. #4aa7e2
  3. #5eb1e5
  4. #72bae9
  5. #86c4ec
  6. #9bceef
  7. #afd8f2
  8. #c3e2f5
  9. #d7ebf9
  10. #ebf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ddf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ddf
  2. #3d9ad6
  3. #4597cc
  4. #4c94c3
  5. #5491b9
  6. #5b8fb0
  7. #628ca6
  8. #6a899d
  9. #718693
  10. #79838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9ee2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678ede ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699ee1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5794de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ddf {
  color: #369ddf;
}
Background
.bg-369ddf {
  background-color: #369ddf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ddf {
  border: 2px solid #369ddf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ddf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 157 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 73% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ddf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ddf, #3648df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ddf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 157 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.06 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.09 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.37 #c96220 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ddf  rgb(54, 157, 223)  hsl(203, 73%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#df7836  rgb(223, 120, 54)  hsl(23, 73%, 54%)  Chocolate
#df369d  rgb(223, 54, 157)  hsl(323, 73%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9ddf36  rgb(157, 223, 54)  hsl(83, 73%, 54%)  Inchworm