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#369FCA

#369fca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369fca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 62.35% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.27% cyan, 21.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 197.43°, with 58.27% saturation and 50.2% 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 6.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.01.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2984

Complementary

  1. #369fca
  2. #ca6136

Split complementary

  1. #369fca
  2. #ca3655
  3. #caab36

Analogous

  1. #36caab
  2. #369fca
  3. #3655ca

Triadic

  1. #369fca
  2. #ca369f
  3. #9fca36

Tetradic

  1. #369fca
  2. #6136ca
  3. #ca6136
  4. #9fca36

Square

  1. #369fca
  2. #ab36ca
  3. #ca6136
  4. #55ca36

Monochromatic

  1. #154052
  2. #25708e
  3. #369fca
  4. #73bcda
  5. #afd9ea

Shades

#369fca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369fca
  2. #318fb6
  3. #2b7fa2
  4. #266f8d
  5. #205f79
  6. #1b5065
  7. #164051
  8. #10303d
  9. #0b2028
  10. #051014
  11. #000000

Tints

#369fca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369fca
  2. #4aa9cf
  3. #5eb2d5
  4. #72bcda
  5. #86c5df
  6. #9bcfe5
  7. #afd9ea
  8. #c3e2ef
  9. #d7ecf4
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369fca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369fca
  2. #3d9cc3
  3. #4599bb
  4. #4c96b4
  5. #5493ac
  6. #5b90a5
  7. #628c9e
  8. #6a8996
  9. #71868f
  10. #798387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a99ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #899dcc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #758ec9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #719ecb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6295ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369fca {
  color: #369fca;
}
Background
.bg-369fca {
  background-color: #369fca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369fca {
  border: 2px solid #369fca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369fca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 159 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 58% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369fca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369fca, #3655ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369fca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 159 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.01 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.61 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.64 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.62 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.74 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.21 #c96035 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369fca  rgb(54, 159, 202)  hsl(197, 58%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#ca6136  rgb(202, 97, 54)  hsl(17, 58%, 50%)  Flame
#ca369f  rgb(202, 54, 159)  hsl(317, 58%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fca36  rgb(159, 202, 54)  hsl(77, 58%, 50%)  Yellow Green