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#2499CD

#2499cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2499cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 60% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.44% cyan, 25.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.46°, with 70.12% saturation and 47.25% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.51:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.72.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2757

Complementary

  1. #2499cd
  2. #cd5824

Split complementary

  1. #2499cd
  2. #cd2445
  3. #cdac24

Analogous

  1. #24cdac
  2. #2499cd
  3. #2445cd

Triadic

  1. #2499cd
  2. #cd2499
  3. #99cd24

Tetradic

  1. #2499cd
  2. #5824cd
  3. #cd5824
  4. #99cd24

Square

  1. #2499cd
  2. #ac24cd
  3. #cd5824
  4. #45cd24

Monochromatic

  1. #0d384b
  2. #19688c
  3. #2499cd
  4. #5bb9e2
  5. #9cd5ee

Shades

#2499cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2499cd
  2. #208ab9
  3. #1d7aa4
  4. #196b90
  5. #165c7b
  6. #124d67
  7. #0e3d52
  8. #0b2e3e
  9. #071f29
  10. #040f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#2499cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2499cd
  2. #3aa3d2
  3. #50add7
  4. #66b8dc
  5. #7cc2e1
  6. #92cce6
  7. #a7d6eb
  8. #bde0f0
  9. #d3ebf5
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2499cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2499cd
  2. #2d97c5
  3. #3694be
  4. #4092b6
  5. #498fae
  6. #528da7
  7. #5b8a9f
  8. #648897
  9. #6e858f
  10. #778388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7393ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f98cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6988cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6798ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #558fcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a1b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2499cd {
  color: #2499cd;
}
Background
.bg-2499cd {
  background-color: #2499cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2499cd {
  border: 2px solid #2499cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2499cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 153 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 70% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2499cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2499cd, #2445cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2499cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 153 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.72 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.62 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.18 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.26 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.27 #db6632 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2499cd  rgb(36, 153, 205)  hsl(198, 70%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#cd5824  rgb(205, 88, 36)  hsl(18, 70%, 47%)  Flame
#cd2499  rgb(205, 36, 153)  hsl(318, 70%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#99cd24  rgb(153, 205, 36)  hsl(78, 70%, 47%)  Yellow Green