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#22AEFB

#22aefb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#22aefb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 68.24% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.45% cyan, 30.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 201.29°, with 96.44% saturation and 55.88% 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 8.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.79.

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Relative luminance0.3758

Complementary

  1. #22aefb
  2. #fb6f22

Split complementary

  1. #22aefb
  2. #fb2241
  3. #fbdb22

Analogous

  1. #22fbdb
  2. #22aefb
  3. #2241fb

Triadic

  1. #22aefb
  2. #fb22ae
  3. #aefb22

Tetradic

  1. #22aefb
  2. #6f22fb
  3. #fb6f22
  4. #aefb22

Square

  1. #22aefb
  2. #db22fb
  3. #fb6f22
  4. #41fb22

Monochromatic

  1. #025482
  2. #0485cd
  3. #22aefb
  4. #6dcafc
  5. #b8e5fe

Shades

#22aefb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #22aefb
  2. #1f9de2
  3. #1b8bc9
  4. #187ab0
  5. #146897
  6. #11577e
  7. #0e4664
  8. #0a344b
  9. #072332
  10. #031119
  11. #000000

Tints

#22aefb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #22aefb
  2. #38b6fb
  3. #4ebefc
  4. #64c6fc
  5. #7acefd
  6. #91d7fd
  7. #a7dffd
  8. #bde7fe
  9. #d3effe
  10. #e9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#22aefb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #22aefb
  2. #2ba9ef
  3. #35a5e2
  4. #3ea0d6
  5. #489cca
  6. #5197be
  7. #5a92b1
  8. #648ea5
  9. #6d8999
  10. #77858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89affe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c9dfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eaffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #58a4fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00badf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-22aefb {
  color: #22aefb;
}
Background
.bg-22aefb {
  background-color: #22aefb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-22aefb {
  border: 2px solid #22aefb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #22aefb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 174 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 96% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-22aefb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #22aefb, #2241fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-22aefb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 174 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.79 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.58 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.73 #dd5104 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#22aefb  rgb(34, 174, 251)  hsl(201, 96%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#fb6f22  rgb(251, 111, 34)  hsl(21, 96%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#fb22ae  rgb(251, 34, 174)  hsl(321, 96%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#aefb22  rgb(174, 251, 34)  hsl(81, 96%, 56%)  Spring Bud