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#229DEC

#229dec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#229dec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 61.57% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.59% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 203.47°, with 84.17% saturation and 52.94% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.98.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3051

Complementary

  1. #229dec
  2. #ec7122

Split complementary

  1. #229dec
  2. #ec2238
  3. #ecd622

Analogous

  1. #22ecd6
  2. #229dec
  3. #2238ec

Triadic

  1. #229dec
  2. #ec229d
  3. #9dec22

Tetradic

  1. #229dec
  2. #7122ec
  3. #ec7122
  4. #9dec22

Square

  1. #229dec
  2. #d622ec
  3. #ec7122
  4. #38ec22

Monochromatic

  1. #09456c
  2. #0f72b2
  3. #229dec
  4. #68bcf2
  5. #afdbf8

Shades

#229dec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #229dec
  2. #1f8dd4
  3. #1b7ebd
  4. #186ea5
  5. #145e8e
  6. #114f76
  7. #0e3f5e
  8. #0a2f47
  9. #071f2f
  10. #031018
  11. #000000

Tints

#229dec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #229dec
  2. #38a7ee
  3. #4eb1f0
  4. #64baf2
  5. #7ac4f4
  6. #91cef6
  7. #a7d8f7
  8. #bde2f9
  9. #d3ebfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#229dec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #229dec
  2. #2b9ae1
  3. #3597d6
  4. #3e94cc
  5. #4891c1
  6. #518fb6
  7. #5a8cab
  8. #6489a0
  9. #6d8696
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7899bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a0ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #609fee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a94eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-229dec {
  color: #229dec;
}
Background
.bg-229dec {
  background-color: #229dec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-229dec {
  border: 2px solid #229dec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #229dec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 157 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-229dec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #229dec, #2238ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-229dec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 157 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.98 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.96 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.01 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.21 #dd6213 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#229dec  rgb(34, 157, 236)  hsl(203, 84%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ec7122  rgb(236, 113, 34)  hsl(23, 84%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#ec229d  rgb(236, 34, 157)  hsl(323, 84%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9dec22  rgb(157, 236, 34)  hsl(83, 84%, 53%)  Spring Bud