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#229CED

#229ced ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#229ced is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 61.18% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.65% cyan, 34.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 203.94°, with 84.94% saturation and 53.14% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.17.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3023

Complementary

  1. #229ced
  2. #ed7322

Split complementary

  1. #229ced
  2. #ed2237
  3. #edd922

Analogous

  1. #22edd9
  2. #229ced
  3. #2237ed

Triadic

  1. #229ced
  2. #ed229c
  3. #9ced22

Tetradic

  1. #229ced
  2. #7322ed
  3. #ed7322
  4. #9ced22

Square

  1. #229ced
  2. #d922ed
  3. #ed7322
  4. #37ed22

Monochromatic

  1. #09456d
  2. #0f72b4
  3. #229ced
  4. #69bcf3
  5. #afdbf9

Shades

#229ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #229ced
  2. #1f8cd5
  3. #1b7dbe
  4. #186da6
  5. #145e8e
  6. #114e77
  7. #0e3e5f
  8. #0a2f47
  9. #071f2f
  10. #031018
  11. #000000

Tints

#229ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #229ced
  2. #38a6ef
  3. #4eb0f1
  4. #64baf2
  5. #7ac4f4
  6. #91cef6
  7. #a7d7f8
  8. #bde1fa
  9. #d3ebfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#229ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #229ced
  2. #2b99e2
  3. #3596d7
  4. #3e94cc
  5. #4891c1
  6. #518eb7
  7. #5a8bac
  8. #6488a1
  9. #6d8696
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7898bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759ff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #598deb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f9eef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4993ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-229ced {
  color: #229ced;
}
Background
.bg-229ced {
  background-color: #229ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-229ced {
  border: 2px solid #229ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #229ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 156 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 85% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-229ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #229ced, #2237ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-229ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 156 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.63 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.60 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.68 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.98 #dd6312 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#229ced  rgb(34, 156, 237)  hsl(204, 85%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7322  rgb(237, 115, 34)  hsl(24, 85%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#ed229c  rgb(237, 34, 156)  hsl(324, 85%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9ced22  rgb(156, 237, 34)  hsl(84, 85%, 53%)  Spring Bud