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#22A7E2

#22a7e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#22a7e2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 65.49% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.96% cyan, 26.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 198.44°, with 76.8% saturation and 50.98% 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.41.

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Relative luminance0.3347

Complementary

  1. #22a7e2
  2. #e25d22

Split complementary

  1. #22a7e2
  2. #e22247
  3. #e2bd22

Analogous

  1. #22e2bd
  2. #22a7e2
  3. #2247e2

Triadic

  1. #22a7e2
  2. #e222a7
  3. #a7e222

Tetradic

  1. #22a7e2
  2. #5d22e2
  3. #e25d22
  4. #a7e222

Square

  1. #22a7e2
  2. #bd22e2
  3. #e25d22
  4. #47e222

Monochromatic

  1. #0c455f
  2. #1577a2
  3. #22a7e2
  4. #66c2eb
  5. #a9ddf4

Shades

#22a7e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #22a7e2
  2. #1f96cb
  3. #1b86b5
  4. #18759e
  5. #146488
  6. #115471
  7. #0e435a
  8. #0a3244
  9. #07212d
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#22a7e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #22a7e2
  2. #38b0e5
  3. #4eb9e8
  4. #64c1eb
  5. #7acaee
  6. #91d3f1
  7. #a7dcf3
  8. #bde5f6
  9. #d3edf9
  10. #e9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#22a7e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #22a7e2
  2. #2ba3d8
  3. #359fce
  4. #3e9bc5
  5. #4897bb
  6. #5194b1
  7. #5a90a7
  8. #648c9d
  9. #6d8894
  10. #77848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea1bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa6e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7195e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa6e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9de1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-22a7e2 {
  color: #22a7e2;
}
Background
.bg-22a7e2 {
  background-color: #22a7e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-22a7e2 {
  border: 2px solid #22a7e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #22a7e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 167 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 77% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-22a7e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #22a7e2, #2247e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-22a7e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 167 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.20 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.33 #dd581d Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#22a7e2  rgb(34, 167, 226)  hsl(198, 77%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#e25d22  rgb(226, 93, 34)  hsl(18, 77%, 51%)  Flame
#e222a7  rgb(226, 34, 167)  hsl(318, 77%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#a7e222  rgb(167, 226, 34)  hsl(78, 77%, 51%)  Inchworm