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#229FEE

#229fee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#229fee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 62.35% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.71% cyan, 33.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 203.24°, with 85.71% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.3131

Complementary

  1. #229fee
  2. #ee7122

Split complementary

  1. #229fee
  2. #ee2239
  3. #eed722

Analogous

  1. #22eed7
  2. #229fee
  3. #2239ee

Triadic

  1. #229fee
  2. #ee229f
  3. #9fee22

Tetradic

  1. #229fee
  2. #7122ee
  3. #ee7122
  4. #9fee22

Square

  1. #229fee
  2. #d722ee
  3. #ee7122
  4. #39ee22

Monochromatic

  1. #09476e
  2. #0e75b6
  3. #229fee
  4. #69bef3
  5. #b0ddf9

Shades

#229fee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #229fee
  2. #1f8fd6
  3. #1b7fbe
  4. #186fa7
  5. #145f8f
  6. #115077
  7. #0e405f
  8. #0a3047
  9. #072030
  10. #031018
  11. #000000

Tints

#229fee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #229fee
  2. #38a9f0
  3. #4eb2f1
  4. #64bcf3
  5. #7ac5f5
  6. #91cff7
  7. #a7d9f8
  8. #bde2fa
  9. #d3ecfc
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#229fee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #229fee
  2. #2b9ce3
  3. #3599d8
  4. #3e96cd
  5. #4893c2
  6. #5190b7
  7. #5a8cac
  8. #6489a1
  9. #6d8696
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a2f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d90ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a1f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c96ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-229fee {
  color: #229fee;
}
Background
.bg-229fee {
  background-color: #229fee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-229fee {
  border: 2px solid #229fee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #229fee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 159 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 86% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-229fee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #229fee, #2239ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-229fee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 159 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.93 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.68 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.07 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.31 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.50 #dd6011 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#229fee  rgb(34, 159, 238)  hsl(203, 86%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ee7122  rgb(238, 113, 34)  hsl(23, 86%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#ee229f  rgb(238, 34, 159)  hsl(323, 86%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9fee22  rgb(159, 238, 34)  hsl(83, 86%, 53%)  Spring Bud