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#369FCF

#369fcf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#369fcf 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 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.91% cyan, 23.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 198.82°, with 61.45% saturation and 51.18% 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 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.93.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3009

Complementary

  1. #369fcf
  2. #cf6636

Split complementary

  1. #369fcf
  2. #cf3653
  3. #cfb236

Analogous

  1. #36cfb2
  2. #369fcf
  3. #3653cf

Triadic

  1. #369fcf
  2. #cf369f
  3. #9fcf36

Tetradic

  1. #369fcf
  2. #6636cf
  3. #cf6636
  4. #9fcf36

Square

  1. #369fcf
  2. #b236cf
  3. #cf6636
  4. #53cf36

Monochromatic

  1. #154257
  2. #247195
  3. #369fcf
  4. #74bdde
  5. #b2daec

Shades

#369fcf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #369fcf
  2. #318fba
  3. #2b7fa6
  4. #266f91
  5. #205f7c
  6. #1b5068
  7. #164053
  8. #10303e
  9. #0b2029
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#369fcf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #369fcf
  2. #4aa9d4
  3. #5eb2d9
  4. #72bcdd
  5. #86c5e2
  6. #9bcfe7
  7. #afd9ec
  8. #c3e2f1
  9. #d7ecf5
  10. #ebf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#369fcf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #369fcf
  2. #3d9cc7
  3. #4599bf
  4. #4c96b7
  5. #5493af
  6. #5b90a8
  7. #628ca0
  8. #6a8998
  9. #718690
  10. #798388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a99af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #879dd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #728fce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9ed0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6095cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-369fcf {
  color: #369fcf;
}
Background
.bg-369fcf {
  background-color: #369fcf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-369fcf {
  border: 2px solid #369fcf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #369fcf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 159 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 61% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-369fcf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369fcf, #3653cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-369fcf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 159 207 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.93 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.49 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.39 #c96030 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#369fcf  rgb(54, 159, 207)  hsl(199, 61%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#cf6636  rgb(207, 102, 54)  hsl(19, 61%, 51%)  Flame
#cf369f  rgb(207, 54, 159)  hsl(319, 61%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9fcf36  rgb(159, 207, 54)  hsl(79, 61%, 51%)  Yellow Green