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#22ACEF

#22acef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#22acef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.77% cyan, 28.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 199.61°, with 86.5% saturation and 53.53% 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 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.12.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3608

Complementary

  1. #22acef
  2. #ef6522

Split complementary

  1. #22acef
  2. #ef2245
  3. #efcc22

Analogous

  1. #22efcc
  2. #22acef
  3. #2245ef

Triadic

  1. #22acef
  2. #ef22ac
  3. #acef22

Tetradic

  1. #22acef
  2. #6522ef
  3. #ef6522
  4. #acef22

Square

  1. #22acef
  2. #cc22ef
  3. #ef6522
  4. #45ef22

Monochromatic

  1. #084e70
  2. #0d80b7
  3. #22acef
  4. #69c7f4
  5. #b1e2f9

Shades

#22acef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #22acef
  2. #1f9bd7
  3. #1b8abf
  4. #1878a7
  5. #14678f
  6. #115678
  7. #0e4560
  8. #0a3448
  9. #072230
  10. #031118
  11. #000000

Tints

#22acef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #22acef
  2. #38b4f1
  3. #4ebdf2
  4. #64c5f4
  5. #7acdf5
  6. #91d6f7
  7. #a7def9
  8. #bde6fa
  9. #d3eefc
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#22acef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #22acef
  2. #2ba8e4
  3. #35a3d9
  4. #3e9fce
  5. #489ac3
  6. #5196b8
  7. #5a92ac
  8. #648da1
  9. #6d8996
  10. #77848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a6c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bacf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719aee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70acf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba1ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-22acef {
  color: #22acef;
}
Background
.bg-22acef {
  background-color: #22acef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-22acef {
  border: 2px solid #22acef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #22acef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 172 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 87% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-22acef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #22acef, #2245ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-22acef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 172 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.08 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.64 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.40 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.93 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.29 #dd5310 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#22acef  rgb(34, 172, 239)  hsl(200, 87%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ef6522  rgb(239, 101, 34)  hsl(20, 87%, 54%)  Persimmon
#ef22ac  rgb(239, 34, 172)  hsl(320, 87%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#acef22  rgb(172, 239, 34)  hsl(80, 87%, 54%)  Spring Bud