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#22ACEA

#22acea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#22acea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 67.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.47% cyan, 26.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.6°, 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.21.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3579

Complementary

  1. #22acea
  2. #ea6022

Split complementary

  1. #22acea
  2. #ea2248
  3. #eac422

Analogous

  1. #22eac4
  2. #22acea
  3. #2248ea

Triadic

  1. #22acea
  2. #ea22ac
  3. #acea22

Tetradic

  1. #22acea
  2. #6022ea
  3. #ea6022
  4. #acea22

Square

  1. #22acea
  2. #c422ea
  3. #ea6022
  4. #48ea22

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4c69
  2. #117eaf
  3. #22acea
  4. #68c6f1
  5. #aee0f7

Shades

#22acea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #22acea
  2. #1f9bd3
  3. #1b8abb
  4. #1878a4
  5. #14678c
  6. #115675
  7. #0e455e
  8. #0a3446
  9. #07222f
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#22acea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #22acea
  2. #38b4ec
  3. #4ebdee
  4. #64c5f0
  5. #7acdf2
  6. #91d6f5
  7. #a7def7
  8. #bde6f9
  9. #d3eefb
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#22acea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #22acea
  2. #2ba8df
  3. #35a3d5
  4. #3e9fca
  5. #489ac0
  6. #5196b5
  7. #5a92aa
  8. #648da0
  9. #6d8995
  10. #77848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a6c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8dabed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #749ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72abec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5da1e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-22acea {
  color: #22acea;
}
Background
.bg-22acea {
  background-color: #22acea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-22acea {
  border: 2px solid #22acea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #22acea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 172 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-22acea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #22acea, #2248ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-22acea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 172 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.21 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.23 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.94 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.79 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.94 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.94 #dd5315 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#22acea  rgb(34, 172, 234)  hsl(199, 83%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ea6022  rgb(234, 96, 34)  hsl(19, 83%, 53%)  Persimmon
#ea22ac  rgb(234, 34, 172)  hsl(319, 83%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#acea22  rgb(172, 234, 34)  hsl(79, 83%, 53%)  Spring Bud