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#229EDA

#229eda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#229eda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 61.96% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.4% cyan, 27.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 199.57°, with 73.02% saturation and 49.41% 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 6.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2986

Complementary

  1. #229eda
  2. #da5e22

Split complementary

  1. #229eda
  2. #da2242
  3. #daba22

Analogous

  1. #22daba
  2. #229eda
  3. #2242da

Triadic

  1. #229eda
  2. #da229e
  3. #9eda22

Tetradic

  1. #229eda
  2. #5e22da
  3. #da5e22
  4. #9eda22

Square

  1. #229eda
  2. #ba22da
  3. #da5e22
  4. #42da22

Monochromatic

  1. #0d3e56
  2. #186e98
  3. #229eda
  4. #62bbe7
  5. #a4d8f1

Shades

#229eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #229eda
  2. #1f8ec4
  3. #1b7eae
  4. #186f99
  5. #145f83
  6. #114f6d
  7. #0e3f57
  8. #0a2f41
  9. #07202c
  10. #031016
  11. #000000

Tints

#229eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #229eda
  2. #38a8de
  3. #4eb1e1
  4. #64bbe5
  5. #7ac5e9
  6. #91cfed
  7. #a7d8f0
  8. #bde2f4
  9. #d3ecf8
  10. #e9f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#229eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #229eda
  2. #2b9bd1
  3. #3598c8
  4. #3e95bf
  5. #4892b6
  6. #518fad
  7. #5a8ca4
  8. #64899b
  9. #6d8692
  10. #778389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7798b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819edd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698dd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689edc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5594d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-229eda {
  color: #229eda;
}
Background
.bg-229eda {
  background-color: #229eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-229eda {
  border: 2px solid #229eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #229eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 158 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 73% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-229eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #229eda, #2242da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-229eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 158 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.19 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.92 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.34 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.45 #dd6125 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#229eda  rgb(34, 158, 218)  hsl(200, 73%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#da5e22  rgb(218, 94, 34)  hsl(20, 73%, 49%)  Flame
#da229e  rgb(218, 34, 158)  hsl(320, 73%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#9eda22  rgb(158, 218, 34)  hsl(80, 73%, 49%)  Yellow Green