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#229CDC

#229cdc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#229cdc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 61.18% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.55% cyan, 29.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 200.65°, with 73.23% saturation and 49.8% 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 6.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2928

Complementary

  1. #229cdc
  2. #dc6222

Split complementary

  1. #229cdc
  2. #dc223f
  3. #dcbf22

Analogous

  1. #22dcbf
  2. #229cdc
  3. #223fdc

Triadic

  1. #229cdc
  2. #dc229c
  3. #9cdc22

Tetradic

  1. #229cdc
  2. #6222dc
  3. #dc6222
  4. #9cdc22

Square

  1. #229cdc
  2. #bf22dc
  3. #dc6222
  4. #3fdc22

Monochromatic

  1. #0e3e57
  2. #186d9a
  3. #229cdc
  4. #64bae7
  5. #a6d7f1

Shades

#229cdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #229cdc
  2. #1f8cc6
  3. #1b7db0
  4. #186d9a
  5. #145e84
  6. #114e6e
  7. #0e3e58
  8. #0a2f42
  9. #071f2c
  10. #031016
  11. #000000

Tints

#229cdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #229cdc
  2. #38a6e0
  3. #4eb0e3
  4. #64bae7
  5. #7ac4ea
  6. #91ceee
  7. #a7d7f1
  8. #bde1f5
  9. #d3ebf8
  10. #e9f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#229cdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #229cdc
  2. #2b99d3
  3. #3596ca
  4. #3e94c0
  5. #4891b7
  6. #518eae
  7. #5a8ba5
  8. #64889c
  9. #6d8692
  10. #778389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7697b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9cdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658cdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659cde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5293db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-229cdc {
  color: #229cdc;
}
Background
.bg-229cdc {
  background-color: #229cdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-229cdc {
  border: 2px solid #229cdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #229cdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 156 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 73% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-229cdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #229cdc, #223fdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-229cdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 156 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.09 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.28 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.47 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.65 #dd6323 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#229cdc  rgb(34, 156, 220)  hsl(201, 73%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#dc6222  rgb(220, 98, 34)  hsl(21, 73%, 50%)  Persimmon
#dc229c  rgb(220, 34, 156)  hsl(321, 73%, 50%)  Mulberry
#9cdc22  rgb(156, 220, 34)  hsl(81, 73%, 50%)  Yellow Green