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#229CEF

#229cef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#229cef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.77% cyan, 34.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 204.29°, with 86.5% saturation and 53.53% 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 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.3.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3035

Complementary

  1. #229cef
  2. #ef7522

Split complementary

  1. #229cef
  2. #ef2236
  3. #efdb22

Analogous

  1. #22efdb
  2. #229cef
  3. #2236ef

Triadic

  1. #229cef
  2. #ef229c
  3. #9cef22

Tetradic

  1. #229cef
  2. #7522ef
  3. #ef7522
  4. #9cef22

Square

  1. #229cef
  2. #db22ef
  3. #ef7522
  4. #36ef22

Monochromatic

  1. #084670
  2. #0d72b7
  3. #229cef
  4. #69bcf4
  5. #b1dcf9

Shades

#229cef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #229cef
  2. #1f8cd7
  3. #1b7dbf
  4. #186da7
  5. #145e8f
  6. #114e78
  7. #0e3e60
  8. #0a2f48
  9. #071f30
  10. #031018
  11. #000000

Tints

#229cef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #229cef
  2. #38a6f1
  3. #4eb0f2
  4. #64baf4
  5. #7ac4f5
  6. #91cef7
  7. #a7d7f9
  8. #bde1fa
  9. #d3ebfc
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#229cef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #229cef
  2. #2b99e4
  3. #3596d9
  4. #3e94ce
  5. #4891c3
  6. #518eb8
  7. #5a8bac
  8. #6488a1
  9. #6d8696
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7898c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749ff2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #578eed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e9ef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4794ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-229cef {
  color: #229cef;
}
Background
.bg-229cef {
  background-color: #229cef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-229cef {
  border: 2px solid #229cef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #229cef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 156 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 87% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-229cef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #229cef, #2236ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-229cef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 156 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.42 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.48 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.05 #dd6310 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#229cef  rgb(34, 156, 239)  hsl(204, 87%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ef7522  rgb(239, 117, 34)  hsl(24, 87%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ef229c  rgb(239, 34, 156)  hsl(324, 87%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9cef22  rgb(156, 239, 34)  hsl(84, 87%, 54%)  Spring Bud