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#369ECD

#369ecd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369ecd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 61.96% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.66% cyan, 22.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.68°, with 60.16% saturation and 50.78% 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 6.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.11.

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Relative luminance0.2965

Complementary

  1. #369ecd
  2. #cd6536

Split complementary

  1. #369ecd
  2. #cd3652
  3. #cdb136

Analogous

  1. #36cdb1
  2. #369ecd
  3. #3652cd

Triadic

  1. #369ecd
  2. #cd369e
  3. #9ecd36

Tetradic

  1. #369ecd
  2. #6536cd
  3. #cd6536
  4. #9ecd36

Square

  1. #369ecd
  2. #b136cd
  3. #cd6536
  4. #52cd36

Monochromatic

  1. #154155
  2. #247092
  3. #369ecd
  4. #73bcdc
  5. #b1d9eb

Shades

#369ecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369ecd
  2. #318eb9
  3. #2b7ea4
  4. #266f90
  5. #205f7b
  6. #1b4f67
  7. #163f52
  8. #102f3e
  9. #0b2029
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369ecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369ecd
  2. #4aa8d2
  3. #5eb1d7
  4. #72bbdc
  5. #86c5e1
  6. #9bcfe6
  7. #afd8eb
  8. #c3e2f0
  9. #d7ecf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369ecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369ecd
  2. #3d9bc5
  3. #4598be
  4. #4c95b6
  5. #5492ae
  6. #5b8fa7
  7. #628c9f
  8. #6a8997
  9. #71868f
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7998ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #879ccf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #728ecc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9dce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6094cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369ecd {
  color: #369ecd;
}
Background
.bg-369ecd {
  background-color: #369ecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369ecd {
  border: 2px solid #369ecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369ecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 158 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 60% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369ecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369ecd, #3652cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369ecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 158 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.11 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.52 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.42 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.38 #c96132 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369ecd  rgb(54, 158, 205)  hsl(199, 60%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#cd6536  rgb(205, 101, 54)  hsl(19, 60%, 51%)  Flame
#cd369e  rgb(205, 54, 158)  hsl(319, 60%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9ecd36  rgb(158, 205, 54)  hsl(79, 60%, 51%)  Yellow Green