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#2197DF

#2197df ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2197df is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 59.22% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.2% cyan, 32.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 202.74°, with 74.8% 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 6.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2778

Complementary

  1. #2197df
  2. #df6921

Split complementary

  1. #2197df
  2. #df2138
  3. #dfc821

Analogous

  1. #21dfc8
  2. #2197df
  3. #2138df

Triadic

  1. #2197df
  2. #df2197
  3. #97df21

Tetradic

  1. #2197df
  2. #6921df
  3. #df6921
  4. #97df21

Square

  1. #2197df
  2. #c821df
  3. #df6921
  4. #38df21

Monochromatic

  1. #0d3d5a
  2. #176a9d
  3. #2197df
  4. #64b6e9
  5. #a7d6f2

Shades

#2197df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2197df
  2. #1e88c9
  3. #1a79b2
  4. #176a9c
  5. #145b86
  6. #114c70
  7. #0d3c59
  8. #0a2d43
  9. #071e2d
  10. #030f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#2197df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2197df
  2. #37a1e2
  3. #4dace5
  4. #64b6e9
  5. #7ac1ec
  6. #90cbef
  7. #a6d5f2
  8. #bce0f5
  9. #d3eaf9
  10. #e9f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2197df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2197df
  2. #2b95d6
  3. #3492cc
  4. #3e90c3
  5. #478eb9
  6. #518cb0
  7. #5a89a6
  8. #64879d
  9. #6d8593
  10. #77828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7393b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7599e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b88de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e98e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a8ede ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2197df {
  color: #2197df;
}
Background
.bg-2197df {
  background-color: #2197df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2197df {
  border: 2px solid #2197df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2197df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 151 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2197df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2197df, #2138df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2197df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 151 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.70 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.82 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.28 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.89 #de6820 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2197df  rgb(33, 151, 223)  hsl(203, 75%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#df6921  rgb(223, 105, 33)  hsl(23, 75%, 50%)  Chocolate
#df2197  rgb(223, 33, 151)  hsl(323, 75%, 50%)  Mulberry
#97df21  rgb(151, 223, 33)  hsl(83, 75%, 50%)  Yellow Green