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#369FCD

#369fcd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369fcd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.66% cyan, 22.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.28°, 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 7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.33.

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Relative luminance0.2999

Complementary

  1. #369fcd
  2. #cd6436

Split complementary

  1. #369fcd
  2. #cd3653
  3. #cdaf36

Analogous

  1. #36cdaf
  2. #369fcd
  3. #3653cd

Triadic

  1. #369fcd
  2. #cd369f
  3. #9fcd36

Tetradic

  1. #369fcd
  2. #6436cd
  3. #cd6436
  4. #9fcd36

Square

  1. #369fcd
  2. #af36cd
  3. #cd6436
  4. #53cd36

Monochromatic

  1. #154155
  2. #247192
  3. #369fcd
  4. #73bcdc
  5. #b1daeb

Shades

#369fcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369fcd
  2. #318fb9
  3. #2b7fa4
  4. #266f90
  5. #205f7b
  6. #1b5067
  7. #164052
  8. #10303e
  9. #0b2029
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369fcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369fcd
  2. #4aa9d2
  3. #5eb2d7
  4. #72bcdc
  5. #86c5e1
  6. #9bcfe6
  7. #afd9eb
  8. #c3e2f0
  9. #d7ecf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369fcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369fcd
  2. #3d9cc5
  3. #4599be
  4. #4c96b6
  5. #5493ae
  6. #5b90a7
  7. #628c9f
  8. #6a8997
  9. #71868f
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a99ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889dcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #738ecc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #709ece ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6195cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369fcd {
  color: #369fcd;
}
Background
.bg-369fcd {
  background-color: #369fcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369fcd {
  border: 2px solid #369fcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369fcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 159 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 60% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369fcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369fcd, #3653cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369fcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 159 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.33 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.21 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.65 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.48 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.86 #c96032 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369fcd  rgb(54, 159, 205)  hsl(198, 60%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#cd6436  rgb(205, 100, 54)  hsl(18, 60%, 51%)  Flame
#cd369f  rgb(205, 54, 159)  hsl(318, 60%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9fcd36  rgb(159, 205, 54)  hsl(78, 60%, 51%)  Yellow Green