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#22ABEA

#22abea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#22abea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 67.06% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.47% cyan, 26.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.9°, with 82.64% saturation and 52.55% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3541

Complementary

  1. #22abea
  2. #ea6122

Split complementary

  1. #22abea
  2. #ea2247
  3. #eac522

Analogous

  1. #22eac5
  2. #22abea
  3. #2247ea

Triadic

  1. #22abea
  2. #ea22ab
  3. #abea22

Tetradic

  1. #22abea
  2. #6122ea
  3. #ea6122
  4. #abea22

Square

  1. #22abea
  2. #c522ea
  3. #ea6122
  4. #47ea22

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4b69
  2. #117daf
  3. #22abea
  4. #68c6f1
  5. #aee0f7

Shades

#22abea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #22abea
  2. #1f9ad3
  3. #1b89bb
  4. #1878a4
  5. #14678c
  6. #115675
  7. #0e445e
  8. #0a3346
  9. #07222f
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#22abea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #22abea
  2. #38b3ec
  3. #4ebcee
  4. #64c4f0
  5. #7acdf2
  6. #91d5f5
  7. #a7ddf7
  8. #bde6f9
  9. #d3eefb
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#22abea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #22abea
  2. #2ba7df
  3. #35a2d5
  4. #3e9eca
  5. #489ac0
  6. #5196b5
  7. #5a91aa
  8. #648da0
  9. #6d8995
  10. #77848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a5c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8caaed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7299e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71abec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca0e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-22abea {
  color: #22abea;
}
Background
.bg-22abea {
  background-color: #22abea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-22abea {
  border: 2px solid #22abea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #22abea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 171 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-22abea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #22abea, #2247ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-22abea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 171 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.97 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.07 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.91 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.98 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.16 #dd5415 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#22abea  rgb(34, 171, 234)  hsl(199, 83%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ea6122  rgb(234, 97, 34)  hsl(19, 83%, 53%)  Persimmon
#ea22ab  rgb(234, 34, 171)  hsl(319, 83%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#abea22  rgb(171, 234, 34)  hsl(79, 83%, 53%)  Spring Bud