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#22AFFE

#22affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#22affe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.61% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 201.55°, with 99.1% saturation and 56.47% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.09.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3816

Complementary

  1. #22affe
  2. #fe7122

Split complementary

  1. #22affe
  2. #fe2241
  3. #fedf22

Analogous

  1. #22fedf
  2. #22affe
  3. #2241fe

Triadic

  1. #22affe
  2. #fe22af
  3. #affe22

Tetradic

  1. #22affe
  2. #7122fe
  3. #fe7122
  4. #affe22

Square

  1. #22affe
  2. #df22fe
  3. #fe7122
  4. #41fe22

Monochromatic

  1. #015686
  2. #0187d3
  3. #22affe
  4. #6ecbfe
  5. #bae6ff

Shades

#22affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #22affe
  2. #1f9ee5
  3. #1b8ccb
  4. #187bb2
  5. #146998
  6. #11587f
  7. #0e4666
  8. #0a354c
  9. #072333
  10. #031219
  11. #000000

Tints

#22affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #22affe
  2. #38b7fe
  3. #4ebffe
  4. #64c7fe
  5. #7acffe
  6. #91d7ff
  7. #a7dfff
  8. #bde7ff
  9. #d3efff
  10. #e9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#22affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #22affe
  2. #2baaf1
  3. #35a6e5
  4. #3ea1d8
  5. #489ccc
  6. #5198bf
  7. #5a93b2
  8. #648ea6
  9. #6d8999
  10. #77858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eb0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #57a5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-22affe {
  color: #22affe;
}
Background
.bg-22affe {
  background-color: #22affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-22affe {
  border: 2px solid #22affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #22affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 99% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-22affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #22affe, #2241fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-22affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.35 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.43 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.82 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.83 #dd5001 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#22affe  rgb(34, 175, 254)  hsl(202, 99%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#fe7122  rgb(254, 113, 34)  hsl(22, 99%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#fe22af  rgb(254, 34, 175)  hsl(322, 99%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#affe22  rgb(175, 254, 34)  hsl(82, 99%, 56%)  Green Yellow